Quote

Personal revelation, consecration of performance, attention to detail, and dependency on God-with these qualities you cannot fail.

Ezra Taft Benson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ezra Taft Benson
Age: 94 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 4
Died: 1994
Died: May 30
Farmer
Politician
Prophet
Idaho
United States
Cannot
Details
Performances
Consecration
Fail
Dependency
Failing
Detail
Personal
Revelation
Quality
Revelations
Attention
Qualities
Success
Performance

More quotes by Ezra Taft Benson

Image
The secret of a happy marriage is to serve God and each other. The goal of marriage is unity and oneness, as well as self-development. Paradoxically, the more we serve one another, the greater is our spiritual and emotional growth.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
It is better to prepare and prevent than it is to repair and repent.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
No society will long survive without mothers who care for their young and provide that nurturing care so essential for their normal development.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
We will not know Him, until we become like him.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
Happy and successful homes cannot be built on immorality.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
It is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
When individual members and families immerse themselves in the scriptures regularly and consistently, … other areas of activity will automatically come. Testimonies will increase. Commitment will be strengthened. Families will be fortified. Personal revelation will flow
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
To their duty to God, youth should realize their duty to our country. They should love and honor the Constitution of the United States, the basic concepts and principles upon which this nation has been established. Yes, they need to develop a love for our free institutions.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
In general, the more food we eat in its natural state - without additives - and the less it is refined, the healthier it will be for us. Food can affect the mind, and deficiencies of certain elements in the body can promote mental depression.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
From the standpoint of food production, storage, handling, and the Lord's counsel, wheat should have high priority. Water, of course, is essential. Other basics could include honey or sugar, legumes, milk products or substitutes, and salt or its equivalent.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
Ponder the significance of the responsibility the Lord has given to us. The Lord has counseled, Let the solemnities of eternity rest upon your minds. (D&C 43:34.) You cannot do that when your minds are preoccupied with the cares of the world.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
True to form, many of the people who desire to frustrate God's purposes of giving mortal tabernacles to His spirit children through worldwide birth control are the very same people who support the kinds of government that perpetuate famine. They advocate an evil to cure the results of the wickedness they support.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
A man must not only stand for the right principles, but he must also fight for them. Those who fight for principle can be proud of the friends they've gained and the enemies they've earned.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of a real strong character to have a feeling of thanksgiving and gratitude for blessings. We need more of that spirit in our homes, in our daily associations, in the church, everywhere. It doesn't cost anything, and it is so easy to cultivate.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
From the Book of Mormon we learn how disciples of Christ live in times of war.
Ezra Taft Benson
Image
There is no greater Church calling than that of a home teacher. There is no greater Church service rendered to our Father in Heaven's children than the service rendered by a humble, dedicated, committed home teacher.
Ezra Taft Benson