Quotes from Ezra Taft Benson

Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings.

Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.

The false prophets of Communism predict a utopian society.

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

The secret to missionary work is work. Work, work, work!

Retirement from work has depressed many a man and hastened his death.

The earth was cursed for Adam's sake. Work is our blessing, not our doom. God has a work to do, and so should we.

Families must spend more time together in work and recreation.

I grew up believing that the willingness and ability to work is the basic ingredient of successful farming. Hard, intelligent work is the key. Use it, and your chances for success are good.

Successful families try to work together toward solutions instead of resorting to criticism and contention.

The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances. This was to prevent any branch of the government from becoming too powerful.

Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven.

We should put God ahead of everyone else in our lives.

Plan to build up your food supply just as you would a savings account. Save a little for storage each paycheck. Can or bottle fruit and vegetables from your gardens and orchards. Learn how to preserve food through drying and possibly freezing. Make your storage a part of your budget.

Mothers, stay close to your daughters. Earn and deserve their love and respect. Be united with their father in the rearing of your children. Do nothing in your life to cause your daughters to stumble because of your example.

The Book of Mormon, the record of Joseph, verifies and clarifies the Bible. It removes stumbling blocks; it restores many plain and precious things.

Without Christ there would be no Christmas and without Christ there can be no fulness of JOY

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.

Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.

Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.

I have a vision of homes alerted, of classes alive, and of pulpits aflame with the spirit of Book of Mormon messages.

Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.