Is it harder to be humble or arrogant?

Question

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Answer 1

being humble......

Answer 2

I would say its harder to be humble as humans are by our very nature selfish now that we are in our fallen state and to be humble would be to go against the very nature of ourselves...arrogance stems from selfishness.  Let me explain...selfishness can also be described as egocentric which is self seeking, conceited, self important, self indulgant, self satisfied, smug, and vain.  These also describe arrogance, as arrogance is about being focused on one's self and as defined in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary its: offensively exaggerating one's own importance.  Being humble is to be not proud or haughty and by its very definition is an antonym of arrogance.  hope that helps...and how come you wanna know?

Answer 3

Humility takes patience. Arrogance has no taste for it.

Answer 4

To me, it seems that arrogance is so easy.  It requires no more than a sense of one's self as being above others.  And humans seem to have that capacity well entrenched.  Sadly, our society and its emphasis on the "me" really enhances that capacity.  I think that humility is also within everyone's capacity, but it seems to be something that requires more practice and learning than does arrogance.  Again, it is sad to me that humility is not a trait that our society tends to value.  It is often seen as weak or soft.

Answer 5

It's harder to be whichever one you're not!

Answer 6

i don't believe that arrogance is a negative factor in the development of one's self because if people think ur arrogant it's a big shame because it limits u to what u can still achieve.Ü

Answer 7

It`s very difficult to be humble, we have to pray hard to gain this virtue. Being humble is the opposite of being arrogant, being humble means that we, human beings realize that nothing can be done without God`s power, that we, have no power at all, and that everything is possible or im - posible under the power of God. We can`t do anything , or change anything, and we are nothing without God, So we need HIM ,always. Read the Bible and you`ll find out how HUMBLE Jesus is. One example: Being God He washed His disciples` feet.

Answer 8

humble by far.

Answer 9

The answer is not that simple!  The arithmatic works in a funny way.

Human being , generally prejudge things ... people, places , colour, race ....anything. Based on their prejudgement their initial reaction surfaces. For example, for me the moment I take measure of the person infront of as being superior, strong , aggressive I tend to take a stand of being humble . That is till I take full measure of the person.

Likewise , if the person I am confronting appears poor, fragile or vulnerable I take the position of being arrogant , if only to show my strength. here again .  These two situations are artificial. Depending upon the personality of a person  either one could be harder. A normally arrogant person will find it harder to be humble .

Answer 10

I think it would depend on ones basic nature .

Answer 11

It is easier for me to be humble than to be arrogant. Modesty aside, it may be because of my personality. However, there are really people who are  easily arrogant to other people. This may be attributable to one's personality. I don't believe there is really a difficulty to become humble but other people may disagree with me. It is really a matter of personal perception of one's life. Arrogance leads you to nothing but being hard to people's feeling. Thus, it is a negative attitude that brings you to nowhere.

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Answer 12

Many times arrogance is a covering mechanism for the fact that the person really feels less than, insecure, or inadequate. To hide this fact they either will be overly boastful or they will make the other guy seem smaller so they will seem better in comparison. This gets to be a full time job, mainly because the person the are trying to hide from the most is themselves. It takes a lor of energy to hide from yourself!

Humility is often misunderstood. True humility or a state of being humble is not a false belittling of self, rather it is seeing yourself clearly, strengths & weakness, understanding exactly where your talents & liabilities lie, & knowing the true source of any perceived strength. Moving from false arrogance as a defensive tactic to true humility requires vigilance in the beginning, but coming to know self & the peace that come swith acceptance of self is priceless.

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Answer 13

When the qualification for the correct or proper use of a word hinges on my perception for identifying what is humble and what is arrogant, then I suspend judgment because my judgment is contingent on my interests as to who loses and who gains, i.e. fidelity self esteem relation. Honesty, not self perceived inferiority is objective. Cognitive dissonance and judgement for others is a never ending struggle because you don't want to 'demoralize' your own members nor put into doubt the ideology you share with them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_d...

'In psychology, cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling or stress caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a fundamental cognitive drive to reduce this dissonance by modifying an existing belief, or rejecting one of the contradictory ideas.'

Answer 14

Humble.

Answer 15

I believe, being arrogant is harder for our relationships with the others.  People don't like arrogant people....

Being humble is harder in our relationship with ourselves because people tend to take advantage of humble people and one, should be strong enough to protect oneself.

Answer 16

Humble. Arrogant people seem to be able to pull it off fairly easily.

Answer 17

humble, people find it alot easier to be arrogant.

but it depends on your nature. if your a really nice person then it may be different depending on the person.

Answer 18

Humility is a natural grace, It is a realization that you are one in a world of many.  It is accepting yourself as a human being and knowing that you have both strengths and weaknesses.  But they don't frighten you or run your life.  People who have humility make pretty fine friends and very good spouses.



Arrogrance takes practice.  FIrst you have to convince yourself you are so much more than other people.  Most people who are truly arrogrant are terribly afraid people will see through them and find out how 'little' they are.  

You can also be born with a lack of natural interspection.  You just do not examine or even think about _how_ what you do affects other people.  Extreme cases of this are called scio-paths and narcissistic personalities.   Some are dangerous most are really pretty boring.  They are the only people in their world.  Being married to one is really really difficult because they just cannot be there for you.