Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another?

Ezra Taft Benson

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• Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another?

  

  Ezra Taft Benson
  • God
  • Brother
  • Motive