Ezra Taft Benson

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. ”

The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it. ”

Unless you and your mate are united in purpose, dedication, and loyalty, you will not succeed to the extent you otherwise could. ”

There will always be those little minds who, out of vanity or intellectual display, will attempt to destroy faith in the very foundations of life. ”

Some men are willing to die for their faith, but they are not willing to fully live for it. Christ both lived and died for us. ”

When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to regain His presence. Our Father promised a Savior to redeem them from their fallen condition. ”

Efficient spending and saving will give the family more security, more opportunities, more education, and a higher standard of living. ”

We are eternal beings. We lived as intelligent spirits before this mortal life. We are now living part of eternity. Our mortal birth was not the beginning; death, which faces all of us, is not the end. ”

America, North and South, is a choice land, a land reserved for God's own purposes. ”

The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different classes - but above all, he taught me lessons in moral, physical, and intellectual courage that I have tried to apply in later life. ”