Top 100 Ezra Benson Quotes

#1. What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means to love with all your emotional feelings and with all your devotion. Surely when you love your wife with all your heart, you cannot demean her, criticize her, find fault with her, or abuse her by words, sullen behavior, or actions.

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#2. There are times when you simply have to righteous hang on and outlast the devil.

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#3. There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in your yard and a fruit tree or two. Those families will be fortunate who, in the last days, have an adequate supply of food because of their foresight and ability to produce their own.

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#4. He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.

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#5. Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.

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#6. God help us to be grateful for our blessings, never to be guilty of the sin of ingratitude, and to instill this same gratitude into the lives of our children.

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#7. Many novels and modern publications are corrupters of morals or distorters of truth.

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#8. Fear of men's judgment manifests itself in competition for men's approval.

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#9. We urge you to do all within your talent and means to build the kingdom of God on Earth. Always strive to sustain, support and do what is best for the kingdom of God.

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#10. Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.

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#11. Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.

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#12. Young people especially sometimes feel that the standards of the Lord are like fences and chains, blocking them from those activities that seem most enjoyable in life.

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#13. You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

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#14. The central feature of pride is enmity - enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. Enmity means "hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition." It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us.

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#15. No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. 'Think what you do when you run in debt', said Benjamin Franklin, 'you give another power over your liberty.'

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#16. The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.

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#17. Sin pulls a man down into despondency and despair.

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#18. The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others.

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#19. I began to realize that when you are at peace with your Maker you can, if not ignore human criticism, at least rise above it.

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#20. Study the scriptures and study the mortals who have been most consistently accurate about the most important things. When your freedom and your eternal welfare are at stake, your information best be accurate.

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#21. Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

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#22. The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the head of the home and create rebellion among the children.

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#23. Freedom is an eternal principle. Heaven disapproves of force, coercion and intimidation. Only a free people can be truly a happy people.

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#24. Now, what of the entertainment that is available to our young people today? Are you being undermined right in your homes through your television, radio, slick magazines, and rock music records?

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#25. The deepest joys and blessings in life are associated with family, parenthood, and sacrifice.

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#26. Making decisions is probably the most important thing people ever do. Nothing happens until someone makes a decision.

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#27. It is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read.

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#28. Students at universities are sometimes so filled with the doctrines of the world they begin to question the doctrines of the gospel.

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#29. Freedom can be killed by neglect as well as by direct attack.

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#30. I promise you that, with increased attendance in the temples of our God, you shall receive increased personal revelation to bless your life as you bless those who have died

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#31. Take care of yourselves physically. Guard your health carefully. It is one of our greatest blessings. I especially encourage some type of exercise program so you can stay physically fit and physically capable in proportion to the demands on your body.

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#32. When we set goals, we are in command. Clearly understood goals bring our lives into focus just as a magnifying glass focuses a beam of light into a burning point. Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive

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#33. Those who are heavy-laden with despair should come unto the Lord.

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#34. Can human hearts be changed? Why, of course! It happens every day in the great missionary work of the Church. It is one of the most widespread of Christ's modern miracles. If it hasn't happened to you - it should.

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#35. When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.

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#36. The world today speaks a great deal about love, and it is sought by many. But the pure love of Christ differs greatly from what the world thinks of love. Charity never seeks selfish gratification. The pure love of Christ seeks only the eternal growth and joy of others.

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#37. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.

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#38. Some leaders may be honest and good but unwise in legislation they choose to support. Others may possess wisdom but be dishonest and unvirtuous. We must be concerted in our desires and efforts to see men and women represent us who possess all three of these qualities.

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#39. Do not make your mind a dumping ground for other people's garbage.

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#40. Wickedness never did, never does, never will bring us happiness.

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#41. I cannot recall a time that I did not believe in Jesus Christ.

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#42. Sacrifice is truly the crowning test of the gospel. Men are tried and tested in this mortal probation to see if they will put first in their lives the kingdom of God.

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#43. The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods.

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#44. We sometimes look among our numbers to find one to whom we can point who agrees with us, so we can have company to justify our apostasy. We rationalize by saying that someday the Church doctrine will catch up with our way of thinking. Truth is not established by Gallup polls.

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#45. I rode horseback three miles each way to get to high school, and in bad weather it was a problem sometimes to make my eight o'clock class on time. Like others, I often missed school to help on the farm, especially in the fall, until after harvest, and in the spring, during planting season.

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#46. Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan. If we accept the premise that human rights are granted by government, then we must be willing to accept the corollary that they can be denied by government.

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#47. I challenge those who are in business and other professions to see that there are copies of the Book of Mormon in their reception rooms.

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#48. Temples are places of personal revelation. When I have been weighed down by a problem or a difficulty, I have gone to the House of the Lord with a prayer in my heart for answers. The answers have come in clear and unmistakable ways.

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#49. If you are a single parent, make friends with others in similar situations and develop friendships with married couples. Counsel with your priesthood leaders. Let them know of your needs and wants. Single parenthood is understood by the Lord.

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#50. Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him.

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#51. One of the standards on which your happiness is based, now and in your future, is moral purity.

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#52. The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and privilege and one that carries with it equally great obligations and responsibilities.

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#53. One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness.

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#54. Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven.

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#55. To a significant degree, we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth, and lacking the energy that could be ours because we overindulge in junk foods.

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#56. Right and wrong as moral principles do not change. They are applicable and reliable determinants whether the situations with which we deal are simple or complicated. There is always a right and wrong to every question which requires our solution.

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#57. No other single influence has had so great an impact on this earth as the life of Jesus the Christ.

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#58. No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist or support programs leading in that direction. These evil philosophies are incompatible with Mormonism, the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

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#59. Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.

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#60. When you choose to follow Christ,
you choose to be changed.

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#61. Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.

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#62. A young woman who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an abiding testimony of its truthfulness, and who applies its teachings will be able to stand against the wiles of the devil and will be a mighty tool in the hands of the Lord.

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#63. A man must not only stand for the right principles, but he must also fight for them. Those who fight for principle can be proud of the friends they've gained and the enemies they've earned.

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#64. Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.

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#65. Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.

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#66. Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

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#67. When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.

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#68. I firmly believe in prayer. It is possible to reach out and tap the unseen power which gives strength and anchor in time of need.

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#69. God loves us. He's watching us, he wants us to succeed, and we'll know someday that he has not left one thing undone for the eternal welfare of each of us. If we only knew it, there are heavenly hosts pulling for us
friends in heaven that we can't rememer now, who yearn for our victory.

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#70. Time is numbered only to man.

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#71. What does the Atonement have to do with missionary work? Any time we experience the blessings of the Atonement in our lives, we cannot help but have a concern for the welfare of others ... A great indicator of one's personal conversion is the desire to share the gospel with others.

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#72. I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein.

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#73. We have a sacred responsibility to fulfill the threefold mission of the Church - first, to teach the gospel to the world; second, to strengthen the membership of the Church wherever they may be; third, to move forward the work of salvation for the dead.

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#74. Any Christian constitutionalist who retreats from this battle jeopardizes his life here and hereafter. Seldom has so much responsibility hung on so few, so heavily; but our numbers are increasing, and we who have been warned have a responsibility to warn our neighbor.

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#75. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ

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#76. Above all else, children need to know and feel they are loved, wanted, and appreciated. They need to be assured of that often. Obviously, this is a role parents should fill, and most often the mother can do it best.

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#77. It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness.

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#78. True repentance involves a change of heart and not just a change of behavior.

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#79. The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God's.

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#80. Acknowledging the Lord's hand in our lives cultivates gratitude ...

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#81. Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.

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#82. The proud cannot accept the authority of God giving direction to their lives. (See Helaman 12:6.) They pit their perceptions of truth against God's great knowledge, their abilities versus God's priesthood power, and their accomplishments against His mighty works.

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#83. I grew up believing that the willingness and ability to work is the basic ingredient of successful farming. Hard, intelligent work is the key. Use it, and your chances for success are good.

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#84. Young people, your parents, with their maturity of years and experience you have not had, can provide wisdom, knowledge, and blessings to help you over life's pitfalls. You may find, that life's sweetest experiences come when you go to Mom and Dad for help.

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#85. An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need.

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#86. Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

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#87. Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic history - which nation the Lord has declared to be his base of operations in these latter days.

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#88. To the patriots I say this: Take that long eternal look. Stand up for freedom, no matter what the cost. Stand up and be counted. It can help to save your soul-and maybe your country.

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#89. One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom and limit happiness.

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#90. The God of heaven sent some of His choicest spirits to lay the foundation of this government. And he has sent other choice spirits to preserve it.

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#91. Happy and successful homes cannot be built on immorality.

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#92. God our Father, Jesus, our Elder Brother and our Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost, the Testator, are perfect. They know us best and love us most and will not leave one thing undone for our eternal welfare. Should we not love them for it and honor them first?

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#93. Clean hearts and healthful food, exercise, early sleep and fresh air, wholesome recreation and meditation combined with optimism that comes from fighting for the right and knowing you'll eventually win for keeps - this is the tonic every true Christian patriot needs and deserves.

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#94. Mothers, take time to be a real friend to your children. Listen to your children, really listen. Talk with them, laugh and joke with them, sing with them, cry with them, hug them, honestly praise them. Yes, regularly spend unused one-on-one time with each child. Be a real friend to your children.

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#95. The false prophets of Communism predict a utopian society.

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#96. Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.

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#97. Without Christ there would be no Christmas and without Christ there can be no fulness of JOY

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#98. Retirement from work has depressed many a man and hastened his death.

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#99. It is better to prepare and prevent than it is to repair and repent.

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#100. An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.

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