Ezra Taft Benson

“Reading the Book of Mormon is one of the greatest persuaders to get men on missions.”

“God will not be mocked.”

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

“I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.”

“The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God.”

“Freedom can be killed by neglect as well as by direct attack.”

“No man is truly educated unless he knows where he came from, why he is here, and where he can expect to go in the next life.”

“Time is numbered only to man.”

“The great test of life is obedience to God.”

“The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and privilege and one that carries with it equally great obligations and r...”

“'What would Jesus do?' or 'What would He have me do?' are the paramount personal questions of this life.”

“Are you honest with the Lord in the payment of your tithes? Living this divine law will bring both spiritual and material blessings.”

“Christ removed self as the force in His perfect life. It was, 'Not my will, but thine be done.'”

“Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.”

“The false prophets of Communism predict a utopian society.”

“Family preparedness has been a long-established welfare principle.”

“The price of peace is righteousness.”

“Surely no child should fear his own father - especially a priesthood father. A father's duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.”

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

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