"There is, however, a far more common ailment among us—and that is pride from the bottom looking up. It is manifest in so many ways, such as faultfindi...












Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'
More Ezra Taft Benson quotes
"Pride adversely affects all our relationships—our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and emp...
"The proud cannot accept the authority of God giving direction to their lives. (See Helaman 12:6.) They pit their perceptions of truth against God’s gr...
"The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God's.
"With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
"In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride—it is always considered a sin. Therefore, no matter how the world uses the term, we must u...
"We can choose to humble ourselves by receiving counsel and chastisement. We can choose to humble ourselves by forgiving those who have offended us. We...
"The central feature of pride is enmity—enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. Enmity means “hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opp...