"The world today speaks a great deal about……" — Ezra Taft Benson
"The world today speaks a great deal about love, and it is sought by many. But the pure love of Christ differs greatly from what the world thinks of love. Charity never seeks selfish gratification. The pure love of Christ seeks only the eternal growth and joy of others."
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Ezra Taft Benson
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406 Quotes by Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Benson has 406 quotes on this site.
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Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
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Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.
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The fellowship of true friends who can hear you out, share your joys, help carry your burdens, and correctly counsel…
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Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important…
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With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
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Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father…
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Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign…
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Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.
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Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.
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The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a…
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Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we…
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One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
— Francis of Assisi
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by…
— Saint Augustine
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
— Saint Augustine
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
— Teresa of Avila
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
— Hosea Ballou
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No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
— Bernard Baruch
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
— Yogi Berra
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it…
— Conrad Black
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
— Aesop
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