A Quote by Ezra Taft Benson

Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion.

Ezra Taft Benson

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Ezra Taft Benson
American - Leader
August 4, 1899 - May 30, 1994

Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion...Pride is ugly; it says if you succeed I am a failure...Pride is basically competitive in nature. When competition ends, pride ends.

Ezra Taft Benson

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