Quotes from 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
Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.
- Ezra Taft Benson
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.
- Ezra Taft Benson
Truth is truth, whether labeled 'science' or 'religion.'
- Ezra Taft Benson
Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?
- 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
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
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
Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.
- 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
God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants us to be miserable as he is. God gives us commandments to bless us. The devil would have us break these commandments to curse us.
- 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