“I have concluded that religious people are particularly susceptible to pride. Sometimes our very goodness, or our feeling that we have the truth, sets us up for a bad case of pride. One of the problems with pride is that the more we are infected with it; the least likely we are to be aware of it. President [Ezra Taft] Benson said, ‘Pride is a very misunderstood sin, and many are sinning in ignorance. Obviously, then, we must assume we all have a problem with it. We simply cannot fully love the Lord as long as there is any competing pride.” (Larry W. Tippetts, Church News, Sept. 2, 1989)
Boyd K. Packer
“Pride is the most deadly spiritual virus. In the eternal scheme of things, who is to say which is the more favored? Note carefully these words from the Book of Mormon: ‘If men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.’ (Ether 12:27.)
N. Eldon Tanner
“The craving for praise and popularity too often controls actions, and as they succumb they find themselves BENDING their character when they think they are only taking a bow.” N. Eldon Tanner – Oct. 1975
Spencer W. Kimball
“All too frequently, one who has done many splendid things in life and made an excellent contribution will let pride cause him to lose the rich reward to which he would be entitled otherwise. We should always wear the sackcloth and ashes of a forgiving heart and a contrite spirit, being willing always to exercise genuine humility, as did the publican, and ask the Lord to help us to forgive.” (Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 297)
“When one becomes conscious of his great humility, he has already lost it. When one begins boasting of his humility, it has already become pride-the antithesis of humility.”
(The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 233)
Ezra Taft Benson
"Beware of Pride" - Talk given on April 1, 1989
The central feature of pride is enmity. Enmity means "hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of "opposition." It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us."
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