Ezra Taft Benson

Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Bensonwas an American farmer, government official, and religious leader who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture during both presidential terms of Dwight D. Eisenhower and as thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsfrom 1985 until his death in 1994. He was the last president of the LDS Church born in the 19th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth4 August 1899
CountryUnited States of America
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Sin pulls a man down into despondency and despair.
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No other single influence has had so great an impact on this earth as the life of Jesus the Christ.
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I love all our Father's children of every color, creed, and political persuasion.
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I have a vision of homes alerted, of classes alive, and of pulpits aflame with the spirit of Book of Mormon messages.
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We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope.
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We all know of families who have obligated themselves for more than they could pay. There is a world of heartache behind such cases.
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There is a difference between a convert who is built on the rock of Christ through the Book of Mormon and stays hold of that iron rod, and one who is not.
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You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.
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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.
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We are eternal beings. We lived as intelligent spirits before this mortal life. We are now living part of eternity. Our mortal birth was not the beginning; death, which faces all of us, is not the end.
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Food production is just one part of the repeated emphasis that you store a provision of food which will last for at least a year wherever it is legally permissible to do so.
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No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood - human blood - will win it back.
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The Book of Mormon exposes the enemies of Christ. It confounds false doctrines and lays down contention.
The Bible sits on the pulpit of hundreds of different religious sects.