Ezra Taft Benson Quotes About Home

Quotes about: Home

• In the beginning, Adam — not Eve— was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's calling is in the home, not in the marketplace.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Mother, Home, Sweat

  "The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson".

• Happy and successful homes cannot be built on immorality.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Home, Successful, Immorality

  Ezra Taft Benson (1960). “So shall ye reap: selected addresses”

• Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of having a strong testimony, living the principles of the gospel, loving home, wanting to be a mother in Zion, and supporting you in your priesthood responsibilities. Of course, she should be attractive to you.... And one good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Mother, Strong, Responsibility

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• And so today, the undermining of the home and family is on the increase, with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the head of the home and create rebellion among the children. [Isaiah] describes the condition when [he] states, "As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them." and then these words follow-and consider these words seriously when you think of those political leaders who are promoting birth control and abortion: "O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths."

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Children, Father, Home

• My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don't settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be... Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon... Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purity, who will not settle for less than a temple marriage, and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles for the Lord now and throughout eternity.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Book, Home, Giving

• We oppose and abhor the damnable practice of wholesale abortion and every other unholy and impure act which strikes at the very foundation of the home and family, our most basic institutions.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Home, Practice, Abortion

• For years we have been counseled to have on hand a year's supply of food. Yet there are some today who will not start storing until the Church comes out with a detailed monthly home storage program. Now suppose that never happens. We still cannot say we have not been told. Should the Lord decide at this time to cleanse the Church- and the need for that cleansing seems to be increasing- a famine in this land of one year's duration could wipe out a large percentage of slothful members, including some ward and stake officers. Yet we cannot say we have not been warned.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Home, Hands, Years

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• Let us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through home production and storage, but others as well.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Home, Survival, Able

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• Now, what of the entertainment that is available to our young people today? Are you being undermined right in your homes through your television, radio, slick magazines, and rock music records?

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  Home, Rocks, People

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Mother, Children, Father

  Ezra Taft Benson (1990). “Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice”, Shadow Mountain

• How vital are mother’s influence and teaching in the home-and how apparent when neglected!

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Mother, Teaching, Home

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of a real strong character to have a feeling of thanksgiving and gratitude for blessings. We need more of that spirit in our homes, in our daily associations, in the church, everywhere. It doesn't cost anything, and it is so easy to cultivate.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Gratitude, Strong, Real

  Ezra Taft Benson (1974). “God, family, country: our three great loyalties”

• We have many responsibilities, and one cannot expect the full blessings of a kind Providence if he neglects any major duty. A man has duties to his church, his home, his country, and his profession or job.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Country, Jobs, Home

  Ezra Taft Benson (1969). “An enemy hath done this”

• There can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from the home.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Home, Genuine Happiness, Genuine

  Ezra Taft Benson (1974). “God, family, country: our three great loyalties”

• Our mothers put God first when they fill their highest mission within the walls of their own homes.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Mother, Wall, Home

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Mother, Children, Home

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Home, Mean, Self

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• If you want to get the spirit of the gospel in your home, support the missionary program. Prepare your sons and daughters through your home evenings; through setting the proper example in your homes. Prepare to send them into the mission field. These young sons and daughters will bless your names forever if you help to make it possible through your training and your example and your willingness to sacrifice just a little, if you can call it sacrifice, to see them go into the mission field.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Daughter, Home, Son

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Husband, Home, Able

  Ezra Taft Benson (1990). “Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice”, Shadow Mountain

• Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Art, Children, Home

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Children, Book, Home

• A father’s duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Father, Home, Joy

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• There is no greater Church calling than that of a home teacher. There is no greater Church service rendered to our Father in Heaven's children than the service rendered by a humble, dedicated, committed home teacher.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Teacher, Children, Father

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

• Thank God for the joys of family life. I have often said there can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from a good home. The sweetest influences and associations of life are there

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Home, Joy, Thank God

  Ezra Taft Benson (1974). “God, family, country: our three great loyalties”

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