"We can choose to humble ourselves by receiving……" — Ezra Taft Benson
"We can choose to humble ourselves by receiving counsel and chastisement, . . . by forgiving those who have offended us, . . . by rendering selfless service. . . ."
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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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More Chastisement Quotes
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one of 81 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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We are warned by the Word both of our duty, our danger, and our remedy. On the sea of life…
— Charles Spurgeon
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The pleasures arising from a right understanding of the divine testimonies are of the most delightful order; earthly enjoyments are…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Did you never run for shelter in a storm, and find fruit which you expected not? Did you never go…
— John Owen
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Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayers and won with thanks.
— Thomas Goodwin
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The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who…
— George Whitefield
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Chastisement is designed for our good, to promote our highest interests. Look beyond the rod to the All-wise hand that…
— Arthur W. Pink
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For a Christian to defy adversities is to "despise" chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be…
— Arthur W. Pink
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Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to…
— John Flavel
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God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.
— William Gurnall
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Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.
— John Bunyan
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Especially look to those sins to which your crosses have some reference and respect. Are you crossed in your goods?…
— William Whately
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God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our…
— William Gurnall
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