Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.

Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.

He has turned my life around by 180 degrees, I still don't understand why Shiva has blessed me so much. I believe he'll bless the worst of us first because we need it the most.

The apostle Paul never seemed to exhaust the topic of grace - what makes us think we can? He just kept coming at it and coming at it from another angle. That's the thing about grace. It's like springtime. You can't put it in a single sentence definition, and you can't exhaust it.

God's grace is definitely abundant.

Now God comes to thee, not as in the dawning of the day, not as in the bud of the spring, but as the sun at noon to illustrate all shadows, as the sheaves in harvest, to fill all penuries, all occasions invite his mercies, and all times are his seasons.

It was not the part of His kindly love that he who was to praise God's divine generosity in regard to others should be compelled to condemn it in regard to himself.

I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me.

I have no doubt concerning that Supreme Goodness, who is so eager to share His blessings, or of that everlasting love which makes Him more eager to bestow perfection on us than we are to receive it.

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

Oh may He look on us with love and pity and then we shall be able to do anything He wishes us to do, no matter how difficult to accomplish or painful to our feeling.

There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!

God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself.

Every time we've gone somewhere, it's just been better and better and God's always blessed us for following.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express and a heart conceive.

What I myself experience is indescribable gratitude in the face of God's perpetual and preemptive love, a love which is not contingent upon requital or even belief in His existence.

We should know that faith is a gift of God, and that it may not be given to men, except it be graciously. Thus, indeed, all the good which we have is of God; and accordingly, when God rewardeth a good work of man, he crowneth his own gift.

For me, the Lord has opened the windows of heaven and showered blessings upon my family beyond my ability to express.

Allah clothed me with a robe. If He wills He will take it away from me, and if He wills He will keep it on me.

God was very good to me as a child, and I'm a very blessed individual.

Open yourself to extreme, excessive, extravagant grace.

With respect to my religious sentiments, I have the firmest assurance and tranquillity. I have faithfully endeavoured to improve the faculties and opportunities God has given me, and I am perfectly easy about the consequences.