562 Quotes by Ezra Taft Benson

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character – and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

Do not make your mind a dumping ground for other people’s garbage.

The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.

Young people, your parents, with their maturity of years and experience you have not had, can provide wisdom, knowledge, and blessings to help you over life’s pitfalls. You may find, that life’s sweetest experiences come when you go to Mom and Dad for help.

It is not enough simply to try to resist evil or empty our lives of sin. We must also fill our lives with righteousness.

Pride adversely affects all our relationships – our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind. Our degree of pride determines how we treat our God and our brothers and sisters. Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?

A mother’s role is God-ordained. Mothers are to conceive, bear, nourish, love, and train. They are to be helpmates and are to counsel with their husbands.

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

I rode horseback three miles each way to get to high school, and in bad weather it was a problem sometimes to make my eight o’clock class on time. Like others, I often missed school to help on the farm, especially in the fall, until after harvest, and in the spring, during planting season.