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 BensonPride is the great stumbling block of Zion...Pride is ugly; it says if you succeed I am a failure...Pride is basically competitive in nature. When competition ends, pride ends.
Ezra Taft BensonWe have a sacred responsibility to fulfill the threefold mission of the Churchโfirst, to teach the gospel to the world; second, to strengthen the membership of the Church wherever they may be; third, to move forward the work of salvation for the dead.
Ezra Taft BensonYoung people, you need the wisdom of age, just as some of us older ones need your enthusiasm for life.
Ezra Taft Benson