Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a fa... -Ezra Taft Benson

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Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'

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Ezra Taft Benson was an American religious leader and the 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His leadership in the LDS Church and his teachings on faith and freedom made him a significant figure in the history of the church and its followers.

Ezra Taft Benson Quotes to Explore

If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts....
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must...
We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope....
When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power....
God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble, or we can be compelled to be humble....
The price of peace is righteousness....
Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that may ignore the ...
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 hom...
Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ult...
Plan to build up your food supply just as you would a savings account. Save a little for storage each paycheck. Can or bottle fruit and vegetables fro...

Failure Quotes to Explore

Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an o...
I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure....
Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life ...
I've learned to think in terms of having a long career. Actors can have very long careers that last until the day we die, but there will be moments wh...
We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the wo...
I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think....
I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way...
Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in the air and somethi...
As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure....
Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keep...