What's the difference between arrogance and confidence?

Question

What's the difference between arrogance and confidence?

Answer 1

One allows for the possibility that they are fallible yet remain self reliant, while the other is the belief that because they are self reliant fallibility is simply not possible.

Answer 2

absolutely nothing :)

and thats the beauty of it

Answer 3

confidence has  humility

the arrogant  are p**p heads

Answer 4

Whether or not we agree with the person and the opinion. If we agree with the person and the opinion, then the person is exuding confidence, and if we don't, then the person is arrogant.

In that sense, there is truly no difference between the terms, it simply depend on perspective.

Answer 5

Confidence is believing in the ability of others.

Arrogance is overlooking the ability of others.

Answer 6

Humbleness!

Answer 7

Confidence is about oneself, arrogance is about/towards others.

Answer 8

I guess arrogance is the opposite of confidence.... A person has the tendency of becoming exaggerated with everything. Proud and showing negative impact of themselves. Arrogance means failure!

While, confidence is something positive. Having this attitude will help anyone achieve what they want. Confidence means trust & self assurance.

Confidence means success!

Answer 9

Confidence is a bit more reserved. Arrogance is similar but you make it known that your confident a lot more. That's my opinion at least.

Arrogance is more assertive than confidence, is what I'm trying to say, I guess.

Answer 10

confidence is believing in yourself and knowing you can do well.  arrogance is thinking you are better than others.

Answer 11

technically nothing.

But i think the psychology behind arrogance is about not having confidence. Arrogant people tend to be so as a defense mechanism. Confident people are simply proud to be who they are better at admitting their faults then improving on them.

Answer 12

theyre the same but arrogance is just a snotty way

Answer 13

Arrogance: http://styletraxx.com/paris-hilton-pic.g...

Confidence: http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawl...

Answer 14

Although cofidence and arrogance are merely perspective aspects.

However arrogance gains negative aspects because of its overbearing virtue of pride evidencial by a superior manner toward inferiors in comparision to confidence which merely exemption from an doubt in mind.

Answer 15

Arrogance uses the mask of confidence but it has no real basis for showing off, while confidence never shows off and it always relies on facts and knowledge.

Also the confident knows what it is to be known and knows precisely how to act achieving the expected result, while the arrogant pretends to know and usually screws up.

The confident has nothing to hide, he knows who he is and he's not ashamed of anything, while the arrogant pretends to be someone he isn't and by that hiding his true self of which he is ashamed..