Difference between Pride and Arrogance

I'm proud of myself

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It's a bit hard to describe the difference between pride and arrogance. Because it's  easy to feel, but hard to describe them.

I look up the word pride on the internet, it says:

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It's a feeling which makes people feel pleasant or satisfied. When we did something well, we would feel proud of ourselves and people around may take pride in you too. They admire what you have done. Of course, we always have something or some people that we are proud of in our life. It can make us become much better.

And I also look up the word arrogance.

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We can find pride is a synonym for arrogance. Actually they are a little similar. When we consider somebody is too proud of himself, it means his behavior already makes other people feel sick. Maybe he could do something good or even much better than others, but he was so proud of himself that he only thought himself more important and much better than all the others.

His rude manners not only limit his own improvement , but also  are deeply repugnant to people around him. Sometimes the people like him may course a big disaster. We know Hitler thought Germanic peoples were the noblest in the world and the Second World War was started from their giant arrogance. Millions of lives lost in the terrible war!

So we should keep the alarm about our pride. We can admire ourselves. But we should be aware of the fact, the others are good as you. Maybe you are better at this aspect, and he may be better in other field. What's more, there is lots of support behind your success. So everybody is as important as you.

Keep love and gratitude in your heart. You won't become the arrogance of the person. People respect those who respect others. So never be rude to others. The world is a mirror, you smile at it, it'll smile at you as well.