Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

A man who prides himself on being better than his fellow-men thinks it a disgrace if he does not do something more than they do, whereby his superiority may be apparent.

Men and nations cannot bear to feel inferior.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart, or core, is still missing. The central feature of pride is enmity - enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen.

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

Pride is a big thing that gets in the way of a lot of relationships.

Clearly I've got an ego.

Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

One may be humble out of pride.

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.

Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

I've learned that if one is arrogant and if something bad happens to him, people won't want him to succeed. They will make more of an effort to bring him down.

Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.

As I read the scriptures, it appears that those who receive the Savior's strongest reproach are often those who hold themselves in high esteem because of their wealth, influence, or perceived righteousness.

I think it's in human nature to want to have more, to compete with the other and, at some level, to be dissatisfied if someone else has more than you.

I'm out of here, I'm better than all of you.

I mean, I don't like anyone who likes themselves too much.