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Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
— Ezra Taft Benson
God's revelation to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I challenge those who are in business and other professions to see that there are copies of the Book of Mormon in their reception rooms.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Satan knows that youth is the springtime of life when all things are new and young people are most vulnerable.
— Ezra Taft Benson
To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Just as a man does not desire food until he is hungry, so does he not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Our great Constitution has been beaten and torn until now it hangs by a single thread, and that thread is our franchise to vote.
— Ezra Taft Benson
If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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. — Ezra Taft Benson
what not to see or what not to listen to. — Ezra Taft Benson
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.
— Ezra Taft Benson
What a gift it would be to receive at Christmastime a greater knowledge of the Lord. What a gift it would be to share that knowledge with others.
— Ezra Taft Benson
No other single influence has had so great an impact on this earth as the life of Jesus the Christ.
— Ezra Taft Benson
What would God have me do with my life?
— Ezra Taft Benson
Those who think clean thoughts do not do dirty deeds.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Gods' payment is the best payment.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.
— Ezra Taft Benson
It is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Try as you may, you cannot put the Lord in your debt. For every time you try to do His will, He simply pours out more blessings upon you.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Let us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through home production and storage, but others as well.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The great commandment of life is to love the Lord.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Nations cannot endure in sin.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Freedom must be continually guarded as something more priceless than life itself.
— Ezra Taft Benson
If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Opposition provides choices, and choices bring consequences - good or bad.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Sound principles and eternal truths need to be frequently repeated so that we do not forget their application nor become dissuaded by other arguments.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The high cost of low living.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.
— Ezra Taft Benson
No society will long survive without mothers who care for their young and provide that nurturing care so essential for their normal development.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The secret to missionary work is work. Work, work, work!
— Ezra Taft Benson
Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Pride is competition-competition between God and Man.
— Ezra Taft Benson
We need missionaries to match our message.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Those who are heavy-laden with despair should come unto the Lord.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The fellowship of true friends who can hear you out, share your joys, help carry your burdens, and correctly counsel you is priceless.
— Ezra Taft Benson
He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Are you honest with the Lord in the payment of your tithes? Living this divine law will bring both spiritual and material blessings.
— Ezra Taft Benson
We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope.
— Ezra Taft Benson
We are superior to government and should remain master over it, not the other way around.
— Ezra Taft Benson
One of the standards on which your happiness is based, now and in your future, is moral purity.
— Ezra Taft Benson
When you choose to follow Christ,
you choose to be changed. — Ezra Taft Benson
you choose to be changed. — Ezra Taft Benson
It is not enough simply to try to resist evil or empty our lives of sin. We must also fill our lives with righteousness
— Ezra Taft Benson
Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.
— Ezra Taft Benson
There will always be those little minds who, out of vanity or intellectual display, will attempt to destroy faith in the very foundations of life.
— Ezra Taft Benson
God lives. I know that He lives. I know that Jesus is the Christ and the Redeemer of the world.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Personal revelation, consecration of performance, attention to detail, and dependency on God-with these qualities you cannot fail.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The price of peace is righteousness.
— Ezra Taft Benson
We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I have a vision of the whole Church getting nearer to God by abiding by the precepts of the Book of Mormon.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Callings in the church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I love all our Father's children of every color, creed, and political persuasion.
— Ezra Taft Benson
If we would truly seek to be more like our Savior and Master, learning to love as He loves should be our highest goal
— Ezra Taft Benson
I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.
— Ezra Taft Benson
When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Time is numbered only to man.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Some men are willing to die for their faith, but they are not willing to fully live for it. Christ both lived and died for us.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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?
— Ezra Taft Benson
Christ removed self as the force in His perfect life. It was, 'Not my will, but thine be done.'
— Ezra Taft Benson
Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Truth is truth, whether labeled 'science' or 'religion.'
— Ezra Taft Benson
Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms ... Build up savings.
— Ezra Taft Benson
With good health all the activities of life are greatly enhanced ... It gives our every experience in life more zest and more meaning.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Families must spend more time together in work and recreation.
— Ezra Taft Benson
In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The false prophets of Communism predict a utopian society.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I firmly believe in prayer. It is possible to reach out and tap the unseen power which gives strength and anchor in time of need.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Unless you and your mate are united in purpose, dedication, and loyalty, you will not succeed to the extent you otherwise could.
— Ezra Taft Benson
An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Freedom is an eternal principle. Heaven disapproves of force, coercion and intimidation. Only a free people can be truly a happy people.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Sin pulls a man down into despondency and despair.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Freedom can be killed by neglect as well as by direct attack.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Students at universities are sometimes so filled with the doctrines of the world they begin to question the doctrines of the gospel.
— Ezra Taft Benson
It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.
— Ezra Taft Benson
God will not be mocked.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The world is increasing in wickedness.
— Ezra Taft Benson
To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or at least put them in proper focus.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ
— Ezra Taft Benson
Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.
— Ezra Taft Benson
We will not know Him, until we become like him.
— Ezra Taft Benson