Quotes from 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.

The great test of life is obedience to God.

Sacrifice is truly the crowning test of the gospel. Men are tried and tested in this mortal probation to see if they will put first in their lives the kingdom of God.

I testify to you that God's pay is the best pay that this world or any other world knows anything about.

It is not on the pinnacle of success and ease where men and women grow most. It is often down in the valley of heartache and disappointment and reverses where men and women grow.

What would God have me do with my life?

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.

Young people, you need the wisdom of age, just as some of us older ones need your enthusiasm for life.

The deepest joys and blessings in life are associated with family, parenthood, and sacrifice.

Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.

Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.

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

The fact that a book or publication is popular does not necessarily make it of value.

Many novels and modern publications are corrupters of morals or distorters of truth.

The Bible sits on the pulpit of hundreds of different religious sects.

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.

When you choose to follow Christ, you choose to be changed.

The history of humanity has, to a large extent, been one of groping blindly in the dark, fearing for the future and yet resisting the guiding hand of inspired men who would willingly lead mankind in the path of safety.

No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood - human blood - will win it back.

We can choose to humble ourselves by loving God, adjusting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives.

Freedom must be continually guarded as something more priceless than life itself.

Acknowledging the Lord's hand in our lives cultivates gratitude. . . .

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.

The high cost of low living.