Pride, like any other human characteristic could be bad or good. Let's say there are two people, both 'proud.' One is extremely good looking and that is all that person feels is necessary to get ahead, and that sort of pride is BAD. The other is plain, but has the overwhelming urge to help others ... save lives, and is proud of doing that. That sort of pride is usually very good, to a point, but ONLY if it keeps that person out there, saving more lives, and if it also gives others the same idea to do the same or similar things. Thus, pride is 'bad' if it concerns 'only oneself' and has to do with something that doesn't really matter, like looks; but pride that is outwardly focused and helps and/or saves others, is basically good. So ... when you are judging your own 'pride' you should see which direction that pride is aimed ... outward, and it's good (at least much better than the other kind), and inward, it's bad, pure and simple.
2007-12-29 18:19:37
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answered by Kris L 7
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Pride is good if you know your limits. There's a lesson in a book somewhere. Its called Proverbs in the New Living Translation Bible. This bible will clarify most in this one chapter alone. Read up wise one for it will set you completly free of this question. For you shall already know the answer to teach on the highest mound. For you will be singing triumphly when you open the book of life. Peace be with you friend. Don't let pride take total control without consideration of what others will think. Be wise and humble yourself while we still can save face. Go and be wise my son.
2007-12-29 18:21:20
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answered by rockstar540 1
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It's bad when you get carried away is how "awesome" you think you really are. You can be prideful in little things like, making cupcakes that everyone loves, but boasting about being better than everyone else, well, you need to take it down a couple notches. More like a thousand notches.
2007-12-29 18:17:15
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answered by awesomeredhead 5
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In my opinion there is a thin line between pride and arrogance and I think that it is OK to be proud of who you are or something you did but not so proud that you begin to put your self or view your self as higher then others if you become arrogant as a result of pride then that is bad and you will be hated by others.
but pride itself I do not believe it is bad.
2007-12-29 18:17:24
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answered by KatieJB 2
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Pride is always a good thing, a very attractive thing as well.
2007-12-29 18:13:19
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answered by Dawn 2
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Isn't pride one of the 7 deadly sins? If it was a good thing, it wouldn't be part of the list.
2007-12-29 18:16:05
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answered by Anonymous
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that's strange, I kinda get an analogous feeling you do now and back. whether that's somewhat depressing being gay, what with all the boys i admire being at present, and the final loneliness of the region, it does make me chuffed now and back just to think of that i'm distinctive, and that with a bit of luck i'm gonna have a boyfriend sometime. perchance that's because of the fact i did no longer permit myself think of roughly being gay for subsequently long, I continually reminded myself that i could probably finally end up married to a girl. Now it looks like i'm being distinctive, and that i visit do what I continually had to do yet under no circumstances even realised it. That sounds truly stupid xD yet yeah. the comprehensive satisfaction factor, i visit gay satisfaction in london this 3 hundred and sixty 5 days with 1000's of my acquaintances, so I needless to say do no longer see something incorrect with that. i think the sole time that having satisfaction could be beside the point/unwise could be in a homophobic atmosphere. Take the final episode of glee case in point, i admire Kurt, yet he took it somewhat too some distance along with his skirt. He did no longer see the backlash coming from his college, yet i found myself agreeing with the different characters that it won't be that staggering seeing as Kurt truly rubbed it in anybody's faces. i do no longer understand if any of that made experience, yet yeah :P
2016-10-02 21:08:04
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answered by ? 4
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Pride is good, arrogance is bad. You have to have pride in your work otherwise you wouldn't do the job.
2007-12-29 22:30:51
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answered by Anonymous
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it depends on the pride. sometimes it can be a good thing, sometimes it can be a bad thing, and sometimes it can be in-between. for example, if a guy happens to go out with a girl, he could take pride in what he wears on the date, and that would make it a good pride. it would be considered a bad thing if he happened to pride himself too much on his looks, gloating, and talked about his looks too much and his relationships, then becoming shallow. it can be an in-between thing when they talk about the date with friends. sometimes it's all positive and more about the girl, which would mean good pride (as they would pride over getting to go out with a girl such as her), but other times they make it about them, or the girl's looks, and that kind of attitude would take pride in a bad way (as, if the girl is really pretty, and they talk about her looks, sometimes that could be all they talk about, and if the girl happens to not be really pretty and rather average, they could talk about them in a bad way and judge them, and over talk with his friends, could dump her, which would make his sense of pride really shallow.) staying on the subject of relationships, pride can also be a bad thing if guys take too much pride in themselves that they go sleeping around with many girls or vice versa in that the girl goes sleeping around with many guys just for the sake of it. pride would be considered a good thing if they take pride in themselves by not going there and giving themselves a bad reputation.
2007-12-29 18:41:14
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answered by kristyb872001 6
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Pride is a sin, but confidence is a good thing.
2007-12-29 18:12:53
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answered by Ryan M 2
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