Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

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

Ezra Taft Benson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: leader
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 4, 1899 - May 30, 1994

Topics

FearMenCompetitionJudgmentItself

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

Johannes Brahms

InspirationalWindInspirationMere

If R. Akiva was perhaps overly generous in judging his generation, it can perhaps be ascribed to the belief, based on his own experience, that everyone is capable of a dramatic life change.

Meir Soloveichik

LifeChangeExperienceGeneration

We're here for such a short period of time.

Jeff Bridges

TimeShortHerePeriodShort Period

Convinced that the attachment of colonies to the metropolis, depends infinitely more upon moral and religious feeling, than political arrangement, or even commercial advantage, I cannot but lament that more is not done to instill it into the minds of the people.

John Strachan

PeoplePoliticalFeelingMoralDone

Now multitudes of root words are identical in the American languages over vast areas some of them with precisely the same senses, and others with various shades of analogical meaning.

John W. Dawson

WordsAmericanMeaningNowOthers

In a second-class courtesan house, the courtship was much briefer. It could even be one night; usually it went on a little bit longer. But as the years went by, that period of courtship was shorter and shorter.

Amy Tan

NightHouseYearsLittleEvenMuch

My captors were definitely aware that what they were doing was wrong. It came out in small ways - occasionally through a show of guilt or compassion. One of the boys bought me a gift. Another used to sneak me acetaminophen tablets.

Amanda Lindhout

CompassionMeSmallGiftDoingOut

Every leader has the responsibility to hone his or her integrity. Many times, there are integrity traps that have a tendency to catch well-meaning leaders off guard.

Travis Bradberry

LeaderIntegrityResponsibilityCatch

What Bernie Sanders is talking about, which is trying to get back to a more perfect democracy, is something that we support, too. We just think that the idea of... wishing the rules were different and then pretending they were is something which, unfortunately, probably would be disastrous from the standpoint of energy and climate.

Tom Steyer

SupportDemocracyEnergyThinkRules

I wouldn't go out of my way to experience the indignity of middle-age just because it might be good meat for a story.

Roddy Doyle

GoodExperienceStoryJust Because

Protecting our land, our air and our water is a very important thing that we can only do together.

Martin O'Malley

WaterTogetherImportantLandAir

Every film you see in film school takes on a heightened importance in your life.

Jon Watts

LifeSchoolYouSeeFilmYour

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