My consulting partner likes to ask if you’d rather be happy or right. There are lots of people who always want to be right, insist that they are right, and brag about it: being right is simply a fact and should not be about making others feel like they’re wrong. It may be a matter of pride that you are right about something, but it shouldn’t be something to boast about. Knowing what’s right, or wrong, is also a matter of the facts, but it’s good to be humble and just let those facts be as they are and not use them in a harmful or hurtful manner. We should all be proud of who we are, how we act, and how we treat and react to others: that comes with knowing how to act appropriately. And acting appropriately is less about who is right and always about what is right. People will always remember you for how you act AND make them feel today.
Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994): American farmer, government official, and religious leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson
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