Pride can also be a source of humility—if we are speaking of pride as a mindstate, rather than as a behavior.
Pride as a mindstate leads to both confidence and humility; it is knowing who you are and being happy with that person, strengths and weaknesses both. Pride as a behavior is somewhat more nebulous, but is, loosely, socially-oriented behavior intended to establish your value to other people. Pride as a pejorative is used to refer to people who have no pride in and of themselves, but rather whose self-value is determined by the way other people regard them. As a positive trait, it is used to refer to people who value themselves and what they do; “Take pride in your work” is telling you that you should treat what you do as if it matters.
The issue is that one word is used to describe different things.
Pride can also be a source of humility—if we are speaking of pride as a mindstate, rather than as a behavior.
Pride as a mindstate leads to both confidence and humility; it is knowing who you are and being happy with that person, strengths and weaknesses both. Pride as a behavior is somewhat more nebulous, but is, loosely, socially-oriented behavior intended to establish your value to other people. Pride as a pejorative is used to refer to people who have no pride in and of themselves, but rather whose self-value is determined by the way other people regard them. As a positive trait, it is used to refer to people who value themselves and what they do; “Take pride in your work” is telling you that you should treat what you do as if it matters.
The issue is that one word is used to describe different things.