2006-11-06 00:48:19 · 11 answers · asked by dandelion_dnd 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I know a man whose pride will not allow him to forgive his wife's adultery... yet this same man has committed adultery with several females over time, but as his wife doesn't know, he sees her as being in the wrong. His pride will not allow forgiveness, so five years on, they live together in separates floors of their home, her affair goes on in the open still, she went back to him after punishment at home was never ending.
His affairs continue to flourish in small numbers. He plays away and so as she doesn't see, she doesn't know, and somehow, she is still wrong, because he's wiped from memory the ones he had before she joined the ranks.
Pride blinds us to ourselves, it blinds us to the feelings and the needs of those we care about, and it is something that gets in the way of personal growth.
Self esteem, now that's a very different thing, it is something that we all must have to cope with life's hurdles, the failed job application, the loss of lover, the loss of home and place and acceptance all require our self esteem to kick in, since only with it can we go onward and progress and turn tragedy and heartache, loss and humiliation all around.
2006-11-06 01:00:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all in the way you carry yourself. High self esteem means that you internally understand that you are a good, beautiful, well-meaning, etc, human being. Pride means that you boast about being good, beautiful, etc. Humility can accompany high self esteem. You posted this in the religious section so I'll put this in, If you are humble, and put others before yourself, as long as in your heart you know that you are a perfect creation of God, that is not prideful. A proud person can have low self esteem as well. By raising oneself up above others, it can be a defense mechanism. Like saying, as long as everyone else can see that I am amazing, I am okay. And it really shouldn't matter what others think. If you are proud, you are more likely to want to stay the way you are. It is safe. Someone who is humble will recognize that there are areas for improvement, and will work to better themselves in an effort to serve others.
2016-05-22 03:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self esteem is intrinsic -- it's based in the deep, essential parts of you that nobody else can change. It's loving and respecting yourself and thinking of yourself as valuable, just as every human being is valuable, and deserving of respect. Self esteem happily coexists with others, and when another person is doing well, self esteem is happy for that person.
Self esteem:
"I'm OK, you're OK"
Pride is extrinsic -- it's based more on outside things. Often pride comes from accomplishments, and very often (and this is the danger) pride compares with other people, to measure onesself as more successful. Pride insists on being superior, and when another person is doing well, pride wants to find a way to bring that person down, or be better than that person.
Pride:
"It is not enough for me to succeed; my rivals must also fail"
2006-11-06 01:11:09 · answer #3 · answered by roboseyo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self esteem refers obviously to how you feel about yourself. To have pride in yourself boosts your self esteem. But you can feel pride about other things than yourself, if you were to think of such things, which differentiates it from said esteem in that it has a wider possible use and scope.
2006-11-06 10:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From dictionary.com
self-esteem
–noun 1. a realistic respect for or favorable impression of oneself; self-respect.
2. an inordinately or exaggeratedly favorable impression of oneself.
pride
–noun 1. a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
2. the state or feeling of being proud.
3. a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character; self-respect; self-esteem.
4. pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself: civic pride.
5. something that causes a person or persons to be proud: His art collection was the pride of the family.
6. the best of a group, class, society, etc.: This bull is the pride of the herd.
7. the most flourishing state or period: in the pride of adulthood.
8. mettle in a horse.
9. Literary. splendor, magnificence, or pomp
They both sound pretty similar to me.
2006-11-06 01:02:07 · answer #5 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are synonymous. The only notable difference is that some religions preach that "pride" is a bad quality, while secular society holds that "self-esteem" is a healthy and desirable quality.
2006-11-06 01:07:06 · answer #6 · answered by j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self esteem does not get in the way of others' feelings.
2006-11-06 00:50:38 · answer #7 · answered by DMBthatsme 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pride comes before a fall.
Pride is not modest.
2006-11-06 00:50:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
self-esteem..is how you feel about yourself,,,, happy, content
pride is how you feel when you or yours have achieved something.
2006-11-06 01:58:11 · answer #9 · answered by Sunseaandair 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pride is something about yourself you are proud of.Something you like about yourself and wont change Self esteem is how you feel about yourself...
2006-11-06 00:57:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋