American - Leader | August 4, 1899 - May 30, 1994
It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.
Ezra Taft Benson
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Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.
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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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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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Satan knows that youth is the springtime of life when all things are new and young people are most vulnerable.
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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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I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of God, for God has placed his stamp of approval on the Constitution of this land.
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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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I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.
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Wickedness never did, never does, never will bring us happiness.
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Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
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The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.
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