--- title: "15 Devil Quotes By Ezra Taft Benson" description: "15 Devil quotes by Ezra Taft Benson. Plus more from Ezra Taft Benson and more Devil sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ezra-taft-benson-443_agents_satan-works-through-human-agents-806135_806135.png" --- > [Satan works through human agents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/satan-works-through-human-agents/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ezra-taft-benson-443_agents_satan-works-through-human-agents-806135_806135.png) > [Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/was-it-not-through-pride-that-the-devil-became-the-devil-christ/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/ezra-taft-benson-443_became_was-it-not-through-pride-that-the-devil_753956.png) > [There are times when you simply have to righteous hang on and outlast the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/there-are-times-when-you-simply-have-to-righteous-hang-on-and-outlast/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/ezra-taft-benson-443_devil_there-are-times-when-you-simply-have-to_798207.png) > [If we have any criticism of our leaders, we invite Satan into our lives and beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/if-we-have-any-criticism-of-our-leaders-we-invite-satan-into-our/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ezra-taft-benson-443_belief_if-we-have-any-criticism-of-our-leaders_626903.png) > [Have a good physical outlet of some sport or exercise. Overcome evil with good. You can overcome many evil inclinations through good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/have-a-good-physical-outlet-of-some-sport-or-exercise-overcome-evil/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/ezra-taft-benson-443_activity_have-a-good-physical-outlet-of-some-spor_366886.jpg) > [The Lord is letting the wheat and the tares mature before he fully purges the Church. He is also testing you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-lord-is-letting-the-wheat-and-the-tares-mature-before-he-fully/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/ezra-taft-benson-443_church_the-lord-is-letting-the-wheat-and-the-ta_1669705.png) > [God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/god-loves-us-the-devil-hates-us-god-wants-us-to-have-a-fulness-of-joy/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89a/ezra-taft-benson-443_bless_god-loves-us-the-devil-hates-us-god-want_2630798.jpg) > [Satan would have you believe that happiness comes only as you surrender to his enticements, but one only needs to look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/satan-would-have-you-believe-that-happiness-comes-only-as-you/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/ezra-taft-benson-443_believe_satan-would-have-you-believe-that-happin_2117422.jpg) > [Today the devil as a wolf in supposedly a new suit of sheep’s clothing is enticing some men to parrot his line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/today-the-devil-as-a-wolf-in-supposedly-a-new-suit-of-sheep-s/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/ezra-taft-benson-443_advocating_today-the-devil-as-a-wolf-in-supposedly_2791448.png) > [Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule. Christ wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/was-it-not-through-pride-that-the-devil-became-the-devil-christ-2/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/ezra-taft-benson-443_christ_was-it-not-through-pride-that-the-devil_1936855.png) > [The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-undermining-of-the-home-and-family-is-on-the-increase-with-the/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/ezra-taft-benson-443_among_the-undermining-of-the-home-and-family-i_2183344.png) > [Pride does not look up to God and care about what is right. It looks sideways to man and argues who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/pride-does-not-look-up-to-god-and-care-about-what-is-right-it-looks/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/ezra-taft-benson-443_arguing_pride-does-not-look-up-to-god-and-care-a_1281099.jpg) > [A young woman who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an abiding testimony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/a-young-woman-who-knows-and-loves-the-book-of-mormon-who-has-read-it/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/ezra-taft-benson-443_able_a-young-woman-who-knows-and-loves-the-bo_850876.png) > [The devil knows that if the elders of Israel should ever wake up, they could step forth and help preserve freedom and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-devil-knows-that-if-the-elders-of-israel-should-ever-wake-up-they/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/ezra-taft-benson-443_christianity_the-devil-knows-that-if-the-elders-of-is_2686035.jpg) > [And so today, the undermining of the home and family is on the increase, with the devil anxiously working to displace the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/and-so-today-the-undermining-of-the-home-and-family-is-on-the/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/ezra-taft-benson-443_abortion_and-so-today-the-undermining-of-the-home_1407322.png) ## Other authors on Devil - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-luther-64750.jpg) Martin Luther 77 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/martin-luther/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 47 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joyce-meyer-53800.jpg) Joyce Meyer 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/joyce-meyer/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 24 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/charles-spurgeon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/malcolm-x/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-rice-13836.jpg) Anne Rice 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/anne-rice/) - [C. S. Lewis 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/c-s-lewis/) - [Michael Bassey Johnson 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/michael-bassey-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/henry-david-thoreau/) ## More by Ezra Taft Benson > [What would God have me do with my life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/what-would-god-have-me-do-with-my-life/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/records-radio-television-movies-magazines-all-are-monopolized-by-the/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [Every Latter-day Saint should make the study of this book a lifetime pursuit. Otherwise, he is placing his soul in jeopardy and neglecting that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/every-latter-day-saint-should-make-the-study-of-this-book-a-lifetime/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [Do not be caught up in materialism, one of the real plagues of our generation-that is, acquiring things, fast-paced living, and securing career success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/do-not-be-caught-up-in-materialism-one-of-the-real-plagues-of-our/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/most-of-us-think-of-pride-as-self-centeredness-conceit-boastfulness/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [The high cost of low living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-high-cost-of-low-living/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [“We must each of us do our home work. 'My people are destroyed,' said Hosea, 'for lack of knowledge.' We must be wise as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/we-must-each-of-us-do-our-home-work-my-people-are-destroyed-said/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [“Man…need not stand alone. Prayer will open doors; prayer will remove barriers; prayer will ease pressures; prayer will give inner peace and comfort during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/man-need-not-stand-alone-prayer-will-open-doors-prayer-will-remove/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/humility-does-not-mean-weakness-it-does-not-mean-timidity-it-does-not/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [The scriptures record remarkable accounts of men whose lives changed dramatically, in an instant, as it were: Alma the Younger, Paul on the road…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-scriptures-record-remarkable-accounts-of-men-whose-lives-changed/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/that-government-is-best-which-governs-the-least-so-taught-the/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/no-nation-which-has-kept-the-commandments-of-god-has-ever-perished/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [Someone has said it is better to appreciate the things you don't own than to own things you don't appreciate. I hope we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/someone-has-said-it-is-better-to-appreciate-the-things-you-don-t-own/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [“In framing that great document which Gladstone declared ‘the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/in-framing-that-great-document-which-gladstone-declared-the-most/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) > [Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/godly-sorrow-is-a-gift-of-the-spirit-it-is-a-deep-realization-that/) [Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/ezra-taft-benson/#itemlist", "name": "15 Devil Quotes By Ezra Taft Benson", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Satan works through human agents.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ezra Taft Benson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/satan-works-through-human-agents/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ezra-taft-benson-443_agents_satan-works-through-human-agents-806135_806135.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ezra-taft-benson-443_agents_satan-works-through-human-agents-806135_806135.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ezra-taft-benson-443_agents_satan-works-through-human-agents-806135_806135.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Satan works through human agents.” — Ezra Taft Benson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? 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