What is the ideal line where the line is drawn between being prideful and being confident? If pride comes before a fall are those with low self esteem being smart? Or are they hurting themselves further by lacking the ability to feel good about themselves?

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I'd be interested in replying in poem. A little, late I suppose- this is from '07? Oh well. Still a novel idea to me.

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I think the difference is that the "pride" in that saying means that person that feels pride is cocky and thinks they are better then everyone.

Self-confidence is when you know that you can do something well. That you do not question your self. That you feel good about yourself. That you know you are just as good as everyone else.

An example is that if you have a beat up can that you bought yourself and someone else has a new car that their parents got them. If you have self-confidence you will know that your car works and at lest you worked hard to be able to earn the car. If you are prideful you are the ones that the parent got the car and latter on in life you might expect someone else to do things for you, not know how to work hard, and take care of yourself.

That is the best way I know to explain it.

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