black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. ‘Think what you do when you run in debt’, said Benjamin Franklin, ‘you give another power over your liberty.’

Ezra Taft Benson

The leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive…It is estimated that growing children today watch television over twenty-five hours per week.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Children Grow Today
Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Magazine Record Television
“On my honor” – what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout’s Oath.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Boy Character Honor Summation
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Communication Humility Kids
The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Offended Opinion Pride Wish
If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Bless Divine Feel Praying
Gods’ payment is the best payment.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Best God Payment
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Deal Generosity Goal
Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Character Foundation Virtue
Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Humble Humility Mean
Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The proud wish God would agree with them. They aren’t interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Offend Wish Proud
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Agony Father Godly
When you are tempted to look elsewhere for greener pastures, just remember someone else is probably looking at yours. And if another pasture looks greener, perhaps it is getting better care and attention. Grass is always greener . . . where it is watered.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Better Get Justice Temptation
What would God have me do with my life?
EZRA TAFT BENSON

God Happen Life Miracles
Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Desire Lord Spiritual
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.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Bless Trial Wickedness

No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. ‘Think what you do when you run in debt’, said Benjamin Franklin, ‘you give another power over your liberty.’

Related Topics

Popular Authors

No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. ‘Think what you do when you run in debt’, said Benjamin Franklin, ‘you give another power over your liberty.’

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ezra Taft Benson Quotes