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

Ezra Taft Benson

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" One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others' feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others' weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all - to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high. "

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" Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they cared for and nurtured us through our infancy and childhood, provided us with the necessities of life, and nursed us through physical illnesses and the emotional stresses of growing up. "

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" 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 recitals, to school programs, and so forth. Having Dad there makes all the difference. "

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" When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power. "

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" Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking. "

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" Freedom can be killed by neglect as well as by direct attack. "

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" The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and privilege and one that carries with it equally great obligations and responsibilities. "

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" Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that may ignore the caution of temperance. Youth is a period of timelessness when the horizons of age seem too distant to be noticed. "

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" Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit. "

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" The fellowship of true friends who can hear you out, share your joys, help carry your burdens, and correctly counsel you is priceless. "

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" The great test of life is obedience to God. "

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" I am grateful my own eternal companion served a mission in Hawaii before we were married in the Salt Lake Temple, and I am pleased that I have had three granddaughters serve full-time missions. "

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" The price of peace is righteousness. "

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" A positive self-image has little relationship to our material circumstances. "

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" God lives. I know that He lives. I know that Jesus is the Christ and the Redeemer of the world. "

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" With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings. "

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" Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul. "

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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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" Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation. "

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" Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman. "

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" Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement. "

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" Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh. "

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" Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children. "

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" Satan works through human agents. "

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