Ezra Taft Benson was an American farmer, government official, and religious leader who served as the 15th United States Secretary of Agriculture. May these Ezra Taft Benson Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “The great test of life is obedience to God.” Ezra Taft Benson
2. “The price of peace is righteousness.” Ezra Taft Benson
3. “With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.” Ezra Taft Benson
4. “Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit.” Ezra Taft Benson
5. “You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.” Ezra Taft Benson
6. “Sin pulls a man down into despondency and despair.” Ezra Taft Benson
7. “The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods.” Ezra Taft Benson
8. “You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!” Ezra Taft Benson
9. “Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.” Ezra Taft Benson
10. “Your most important friendships should be with your own brothers and sisters and with your father and mother. Love your family. Be loyal to them. Have a genuine concern for your brothers and sisters.” Ezra Taft Benson
11. “The condition of the physical body can affect the spirit.” Ezra Taft Benson
12. “One of the standards on which your happiness is based, now and in your future, is moral purity.” Ezra Taft Benson
13. “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
14. “The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.” Ezra Taft Benson
15. “Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.” Ezra Taft Benson
16. “One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness.” Ezra Taft Benson
17. “Young people, you need the wisdom of age, just as some of us older ones need your enthusiasm for life.” Ezra Taft Benson
18. “Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in the love of the Lord.” Ezra Taft Benson
19. “Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.” Ezra Taft Benson
20. “The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change.” Ezra Taft Benson
21. “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
22. “If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.” Ezra Taft Benson
23. “To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or at least put them in proper focus.” Ezra Taft Benson
24. “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
25. “One of the joys of working with boys is that you get your pay as you go along. You can observe the results of your leadership daily – such satisfaction cannot be purchased at any price; it must be earned.” Ezra Taft Benson
26. “Opposition provides choices, and choices bring consequences – good or bad.” Ezra Taft Benson
27. “Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.” Ezra Taft Benson
28. “Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.” Ezra Taft Benson
29. “Fear of men’s judgment manifests itself in competition for men’s approval.” Ezra Taft Benson
30. “When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.” Ezra Taft Benson
31. “Too often the pressure for popularity, on children and teens, places an economic burden on the income of the father, so mother feels she must go to work to satisfy her children’s needs. That decision can be most shortsighted.” Ezra Taft Benson
32. “When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.” Ezra Taft Benson
33. “Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.” Ezra Taft Benson
34. “Wickedness never did, never does, never will bring us happiness.” Ezra Taft Benson
35. “The great commandment of life is to love the Lord.” Ezra Taft Benson
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