Top 212 Quotes by Ezra Taft Benson

About Ezra Taft Benson

These are some quotes by American author Ezra Taft Benson Leader, who lived between August 4, 1899 and May 30, 1994.

Sin pulls a man down into despondency and despair.

Sin pulls a man down into despondency and despair.

Ezra Taft Benson

Can human hearts be changed? Why, of course! It happens every day in the great missionary work of the Church. It is one of the most widespread of Christ's modern miracles. If it hasn't happened to you - it should.

Ezra Taft Benson

Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.

Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.

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 simply pours out more blessings upon you.

Try as you may, you cannot put the Lord in your debt. For every time you try to do His will, He simply pours out more blessings upon you.

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Great battles can make great heroes and heroines.

Great battles can make great heroes and heroines.

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, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

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

Ezra Taft Benson

The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.

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Opposition provides choices, and choices bring consequences - good or bad.

Opposition provides choices, and choices bring consequences - good or bad.

Ezra Taft Benson

Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

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A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems.

A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems.

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