Children Quotes by Ezra Taft Benson

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

— Ezra Taft Benson

I love all our Father's children of every color, creed, and political persuasion.

— 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

Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.

— Ezra Taft Benson

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

— Ezra Taft Benson

The seeds of divorce are often sown and the problems of children begin when Mother works outside the home.

— Ezra Taft Benson

A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons' outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball games and…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Above all else, children need to know and feel they are loved, wanted, and appreciated. They need to be assured of that…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the…

— Ezra Taft Benson

It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child…

— 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…

— Ezra Taft Benson

When our children obey the Lord and go to the temple to receive their blessings and enter into the marriage covenant, they…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Woman was given to man as an helpmeet. That complementary association is ideally portrayed in the eternal marriage of our first parents…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Encourage your children to come to you for counsel with their problems and questions by listening to them every day. Discuss with…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Grandparents can have a profound influence on their grandchildren. Their time is generally not as encumbered and busy as the parents', so…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“For nearly six thousand years, God has held you in reserve to make your appearance in the final days before the Second…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The Book of Mormon contains the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ (D&C 20:9). That does not mean it contains every…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I have seen what the days of tribulation can do to people. I have seen hunger stalk the streets of Europe. I…

— Ezra Taft Benson

If you want to get the spirit of the gospel in your home, support the missionary program. Prepare your sons and daughters…

— Ezra Taft Benson

This is our first interest as a church-to save and exalt the souls of the children of men. There is no richer…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The world teaches birth control. Tragically, many of our sisters subscribe to its pills and practices when they could easily provide earthly…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Yes, brothers and sisters, the mission of the Church is glorious-to invite all of us to come unto Christ through proclaiming the…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“The central issue in that pre-mortal council was: Shall the children of God have untrammeled agency to choose the course they should…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools,…

— Ezra Taft Benson

And so today, the undermining of the home and family is on the increase, with the devil anxiously working to displace the…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Have you been listening to the music that many young folks are hearing today? Some of it is nerve-jamming in nature and…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Every accountable child of God needs to set goals, short- and long-range goals. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Too often the pressure for popularity, on children and teens, places an economic burden on the income of the father, so mother…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Mothers stay close to your daughters Earn & deserve their love & respect Be united with their father in the rearing of…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The Book of Mormon is also the keystone of the doctrine of the Resurrection. As mentioned before, the Lord Himself has stated…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive...It is…

— Ezra Taft Benson

... in all seriousness... you who submit yourselves to an abortion or to an operation that precludes you from safely having additional…

— Ezra Taft Benson

God help us to be grateful for our blessings, never to be guilty of the sin of ingratitude, and to instill this…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves…

— Ezra Taft Benson

There is no greater Church calling than that of a home teacher. There is no greater Church service rendered to our Father…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Surely no child should fear his own father - especially a priesthood father. A father's duty is to make his home a…

— Ezra Taft Benson