A.C. Benson Quotes

A good name is still to be preferred to great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.

Our mothers put God first when they fill their highest mission within the walls of their own homes.

We oppose and abhor the damnable practice of wholesale abortion and every other unholy and impure act which strikes at the very foundation of the home and family, our most basic institutions.

Let us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through home production and storage, but others as well.

Society has definitely gotten to the point where everybody has to comment on anything, and if you want to stay sane as a performer, you're better off not reading that stuff.

The whole pot-to-alcohol thing is a huge issue with me, because I've grown to hate drunks so much, and like potheads.

In the beginning, Adam — not Eve— was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's calling is in the home, not in the marketplace.

It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without.

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.

We don't want any pot-smoking vaginas because that's disgusting. And I saw it once in Indonesia, and I've never been able to get it out of my head.

Everyone wants to look good in photographs, even us trolls who tell jokes.

Have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year.

The great thing about being up early on a Sunday is nothing.

The sun was like a word written between the sea and the sky, a word that was swallowed up by the sea before any man had time to read it.

There's many things in this world that will depress you, and make you good for nothing, if you take them seriously, and that cheer you up if you don't.

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other.

The dense and godly wear consistency as a flower, the imaginative fling it joyfully behind them.

When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

Do you know the times when one seems to stick fast in circumstances like the fly in the jam-pot? It can't be helped, and I suppose the best thing to do is to lay in a good store of jam!

If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men's, we will have self-esteem.

Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.

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

Our great Constitution has been beaten and torn until now it hangs by a single thread, and that thread is our franchise to vote.

Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.

No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. 'Think what you do when you run in debt', said Benjamin Franklin, 'you give another power over your liberty.'

The Law likes to be argued with. Take away words and where is the Law? Silence always annoys it.

Faviana is a line that girls can feel super-glamorous in. A lot of their designs are kind of based off of what celebrities wear on the red carpet!

I was on the soap opera 'Days of our Lives.

I've seen a lot of people - for example, Lindsay Lohan - who got into the wrong crowd. I always have my eye on what I want. And I don't want anything to distract me from that.

Be cheerful in all that you do. Live joyfully. Live happily.

The mind can wander while still focusing on one task.

Los Angeles is a sophisticated city; it has no eccentricities and no heart.

This latter day work is spiritual. It takes spirituality to comprehend it, to love it, to discern it. Therefore, seek the spirit in all you do. Keep it with you continually. That is our challenge.

We do not have to prove the Book of Mormon is true. The book is its own proof.

Curiosity needs food as much as any of us, and dies soon if denied it.

I always ask myself: "Did I get one percent better today?"

Be cheerful in all that you do. Live joyfully. Live happily. Live enthusiastically, knowing that God does not dwell in gloom and melancholy, but in light and love.

Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.

I'm kissing Alyson Hannigan and I almost stuck my tongue in her mouth because we just got so into it at one point.

We do not find the Savior using force or coercion to accomplish His purposes.

Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.

A father's calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.

I love guys who know how to dress. I love the motorcycle boots, and I love the skinnier jeans with jackets and scarves. Anybody who gets his clothes at All Saints, that's my guy.

The deepest joys and blessings in life are associated with family, parenthood, and sacrifice.

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