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Unless you and your mate are united in purpose, dedication, and loyalty, you will not succeed to the extent you otherwise could.

~Ezra Taft Benson

Topics: Could Dedication Extent Loyalty Mate Otherwise Purpose Succeed United Unless Will You Your

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God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble, or we can be compelled to be humble.

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Topics: Be Humble Choose Compelled Either God Humble People Will

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The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances. This was to prevent any branch of the government from becoming too powerful.

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Topics: Any Balances Becoming Branch Checks Checks And Balances Created Distrust Federal Federal Government Founders Government Had Power Powerful Prevent Strong Too

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

~Ezra Taft Benson

Topics: Boy Care Feet Himself His Own Scouting Stand Take Take Care Teaches Two

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Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart, or core, is still missing. The central feature of pride is enmity - enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen.

~Ezra Taft Benson

Topics: Arrogance Central Conceit Core Elements Enmity Feature God Heart Missing Most Our Pride Sin Still Think Toward Us

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Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family activities, and family budgeting. Don't be stingy with your time or with your means. Give her the opportunity to grow intellectually, emotionally, and socially as well as spiritually.

~Ezra Taft Benson

Topics: Ability Activities Counsel Emotionally Family Give Grow Her Husbands Intellectually Intelligence Means Opportunity Partner Plans Real Recognize Regarding Socially Spiritually Stingy Time Well Wife You Your

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The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums.

~Ezra Taft Benson

Topics: Christ Inside Lord Out Outside People Slums Take Takes Themselves Then Works World Would

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In general, the more food we eat in its natural state - without additives - and the less it is refined, the healthier it will be for us. Food can affect the mind, and deficiencies of certain elements in the body can promote mental depression.

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Topics: Additives Affect Body Certain Deficiencies Depression Eat Elements Food General Healthier Less Mental Mind More Natural Natural State Promote Refined State Us Will Without

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Many a man in his hour of trial has turned to the Book of Mormon and been enlightened, enlivened, and comforted. The psalms in the Old Testament have a special food for the soul of one in distress.

~Ezra Taft Benson

Topics: Been Book Comforted Distress Enlightened Food His Hour Man Many Mormon Old Old Testament Psalms Soul Special Testament Trial Turned

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God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants us to be miserable as he is. God gives us commandments to bless us. The devil would have us break these commandments to curse us.

~Ezra Taft Benson

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Leader

Born: August 4th, 1899

Died: May 30th, 1994

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