American - Leader | August 4, 1899 - May 30, 1994
Try as you may, you cannot put the Lord in your debt. For every time you try to do His will, He simply pours out more blessings upon you.
Ezra Taft Benson
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Blessed are they who seek to learn wisdom.
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Truth is truth, whether labeled 'science' or 'religion.'
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What a gift it would be to receive at Christmastime a greater knowledge of the Lord. What a gift it would be to share that knowledge with others.
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Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.
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Sound principles and eternal truths need to be frequently repeated so that we do not forget their application nor become dissuaded by other arguments.
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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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In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's place is in the home!
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It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.
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Too often the pressure for popularity, on children and teens, places an economic burden on the income of the father, so mother feels she must go to work to satisfy her children's needs. That decision can be most shortsighted.
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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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The seeds of divorce are often sown and the problems of children begin when Mother works outside the home.
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