May Quotes by 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

Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.

— Ezra Taft Benson

The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people…

— 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…

— Ezra Taft Benson

To the humble, the Lord has given this promise: "If men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I…

— Ezra Taft Benson

When we set goals, we are in command. Clearly understood goals bring our lives into focus just as a magnifying glass focuses…

— Ezra Taft Benson

From the standpoint of food production, storage, handling, and the Lord's counsel, wheat should have high priority. Water, of course, is essential.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

We have a sacred responsibility to fulfill the threefold mission of the Church—first, to teach the gospel to the world; second, to…

— Ezra Taft Benson

If we are to achieve long-range goals, we must learn to set up and accomplish short-range goals that will move us along…

— Ezra Taft Benson

We are recipients of God's choicest blessings. We enjoy an abundance of material things beyond that enjoyed by any other nation in…

— Ezra Taft Benson

We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer…

— Ezra Taft Benson

If men come unto me, I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble;…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Young people, your parents, with their maturity of years and experience you have not had, can provide wisdom, knowledge, and blessings to…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Our families may be corrupted by worldly trends and teachings unless we know how to use the [Book of Mormon] to expose…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Our bishops storehouses are not intended to stock enough commodities to care for all the members of the Church. Storehouses are only…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I counsel you, in the words of Jesus Christ, to "watch and pray I always lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I believe that God has endowed men with certain inalienable rights as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and that no…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I don't know how you feel, my brethren and sisters, but I'd rather be dead than to lose my liberty. I have…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The stage, the screen, the novel, casual conversation, the street discussion, and too often the fireside intimacies are punctuated with blasphemy, to…

— Ezra Taft Benson

From the standpoint of food production, storage, handling, and the Lord’s counsel, wheat should have high priority. Water, of course, is essential.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The price of peace is righteousness. Men and nations may loudly proclaim, 'Peace, peace,' but there shall be no peace until individuals…

— Ezra Taft Benson

More than ever before, we need to learn and apply the principles of economic self-reliance. We do not know when the crisis…

— Ezra Taft Benson