Family preparedness has been a long-established welfare principle. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The deepest joys and blessings in life are associated with family, parenthood, and sacrifice. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The temple will be an ever-present reminder that God intended the family to be eternal. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Strong families cultivate an attribute of effective communication. They talk out their problems, make plans together, and cooperate toward common objectives. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Your most important friendships should be with your own brothers and sisters and with your father and mother. Love your family. Be… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
We all know of families who have obligated themselves for more than they could pay. There is a world of heartache behind… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Young women, the family unit is forever, and you should do everything in your power to strengthen that unit. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Communities have a responsibility to assist the family in promoting wholesome entertainment. What a community tolerates will become tomorrow's standard for today's… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Thank God for the joys of family life. I have often said there can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Many a family, in order to make a 'proper showing,' will commit itself for a larger and more expensive house than is… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
One of Satan's greatest tools is pride: to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons' outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball games and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth; it is a matter of desire, diligence, and determination to see one's family… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
When individual members and families immerse themselves in the scriptures regularly and consistently, … other areas of activity will automatically come. Testimonies… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Contention in our families drives the Spirit of the Lord away. It also drives many of our family members away. Contention ranges… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family activities, and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“Fathers, you cannot delegate your duty as the head of the home. Mothers, rear your children in righteousness-do not attempt to save… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I have often said one of the greatest secrets of missionary work is work! If a missionary works, he will get the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
And so today, the undermining of the home and family is on the increase, with the devil anxiously working to displace the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Our families may be corrupted by worldly trends and teachings unless we know how to use the [Book of Mormon] to expose… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Efficient spending and saving will give the family more security, more opportunities, more education, and a higher standard of living. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
We oppose and abhor the damnable practice of wholesale abortion and every other unholy and impure act which strikes at the very… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Successful families try to work together toward solutions instead of resorting to criticism and contention. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Every Latter-day Saint should make the study of this book a lifetime pursuit. Otherwise, he is placing his soul in jeopardy and neglecting that… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Do not be caught up in materialism, one of the real plagues of our generation-that is, acquiring things, fast-paced living, and securing career success. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
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,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“We must each of us do our home work. 'My people are destroyed,' said Hosea, 'for lack of knowledge.' We must be wise as serpents; for as the Apostle Paul said, We wrestle against the rulers of darkness, against spiritual wickedness in high places. We are going through what J. Reuben Clark once termed the greatest propaganda campaign of all… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share
“Man…need not stand alone. Prayer will open doors; prayer will remove barriers; prayer will ease pressures; prayer will give inner peace and comfort during… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The scriptures record remarkable accounts of men whose lives changed dramatically, in an instant, as it were: Alma the Younger, Paul on the road… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed to the all too common philosophy that the government should protect and support one from the cradle to the grave. The policy of the Founding Fathers has made our people and our nation strong. The opposite leads inevitably… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share
No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
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