Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

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

The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others.

We need missionaries to match our message.

Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule. Christ wanted to bring men to where He was. The devil wanted to be above men.

Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?

Now we not only need to say more about the Book of Mormon, but we need to do more with it.

Every member of the priesthood should understand the divine plan designed by the Lord to raise up the first free people in modern times.

We can choose to humble ourselves by loving God, adjusting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives.

Meditation on a passage of scripture... led a young boy into a grove of trees to commune with his heavenly Father. That is what opened the heavens in this dispensation

In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.

We can choose to humble ourselves by confessing and forsaking our sins and being born of God.

There are times when you simply have to righteous hang on and outlast the devil.

A secret combination that seeks to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries is increasing in its evil influence and control over America and the entire world.

Freedom must be continually guarded as something more priceless than life itself.

Retirement from work has depressed many a man and hastened his death.

I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of God, for God has placed his stamp of approval on the Constitution of this land.

Freedom is an eternal principle. Heaven disapproves of force, coercion and intimidation. Only a free people can be truly a happy people.

This nation was established by the God of heaven as a citadel of liberty. A Constitution guaranteeing those liberties was designed under the superintending influence of heaven.

We are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth.

We live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins.

Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.

Wickedness never did, never does, never will bring us happiness.

The secret to missionary work is work. Work, work, work!

Why did the Lord inspire Mormon (or Moroni or Alma) to include that in his record? What lesson can I learn from that to help me live in this day and age?

Acknowledging the Lord's hand in our lives cultivates gratitude. . . .

The earth was cursed for Adam's sake. Work is our blessing, not our doom. God has a work to do, and so should we.

Yes, it is the precepts of men versus the revealed word of God. The more we follow the word of God the less we are deceived, while those who follow the wisdom of men are deceived the most.

Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.

Gods' payment is the best payment.

Now, what of the entertainment that is available to our young people today? Are you being undermined right in your homes through your television, radio, slick magazines, and rock music records?

Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven.

Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.

The temple will be an ever-present reminder that God intended the family to be eternal.

Many a man in his hour of trial has turned to the Book of Mormon and been enlightened, enlivened, and comforted. The psalms in the Old Testament have a special food for the soul of one in distress.

A father’s duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.

Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.

From the Book of Mormon we learn how disciples of Christ live in times of war.

Satan works through human agents.

Families must spend more time together in work and recreation.

One of the marks of an educated man today is to know what not to read--what not to see or what not to listen to.

Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another?

We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor.

If you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter.

Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.

Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings.

An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need.

A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems.