Susan you seem o.k. but Brian, Pride IS limited to perfection! Becoming a better trumpet player is one thing, but becoming the best is another. Wanting to keep on playing and not wanting to quit is having will power or the WILL to go on.

And I am directing my message to whoever doesn`t understand the word pride. Out of all the words in the world, the word pride is the most powerful and gives anyone who uses it the thought that they are the best and that they better than GOD, because only one being can be the best. That is said in the Bible. By the Websters New World Dictionary pride means- an overhigh opinoin of oneself; exaggerated self esteem. Haughtiness; arrogance. A sense of ones own dignity; self-respect. #2 Boast- an instance of bragging. To talk especially about oneself.

Hello...

I was thinking about learning to play an instrument, and the Viola sems really interesting, do you think I should learn to play the Viola?

The Cello is juts too big, and the violin has kinda too many people... the viola seems like an instrument that not too many play, so it`s kinda cool.. what do you think?

sean, you must understand where i`m going with this. You see, pride can mean you have an overinflated head, it also constitutes having respect for oneself. For example, there are three mental aspects of a performance that are taught by someone who`s led a band to earning the highest possible rating in competition for the past 31 years. These are discipline, focus, and pride in your own as well as the group`s ability. I am well aware of the human inability to become perfect, both from a biblical and philosophical standpoint, but you do not have to be perfect at something to take pride in it. And just in case there is a misunderstanding, as I said in my previous post, I am referring to a confident pride, not an egotistical pride.

Pride is pride theres only one meaning, pride means perfect.

Manny, you should play whatever instrument you feel. I like to play the cello.

uuuuuuuuum..... it`s spelled violinist okay bye :^)

hey, people make mistakes.

all instruments are good. it is a little bit easier to play something smaller like the violin or viola.

Pride is an idea or state of mind, therefore it is a noun. Perfect is an adjective. Thus, they cannot be the same thing.

If you`re proud of someone then you have pride in that someone, and if you have pride in that someone then you think that he or she is the best which means that he or she is perfect. There has always been only one meaning of the word pride. A confident pride means that I am certain that I will do better than everyone else because I am perfect and a egocentric pride means that because I know that I can play better than everyone else, I brag and show off to everybody and tell them that they might get up to my level some day. Being confident means that I think that I will do good on the test because I studied and confident pride means that I know I will do good on the test because I say soo.

No matter how I hear someone use the word pride or proud, it still leads up to the same thing, PERFECTION. It`s how themselves or someone else did a extremly fantastic job at something, but in reality it`s just the normal job that they had to do.

Pride is not completely arrogance and perfection. For instance, I`m extremely proud of my best friend who happens to be a violinist and managed to become a Concertmaster. I think that pride in this case isn`t something you can debate over, but something that only you can decide upon to fit your situation.
To Manny: It`s completely up to you to decide. I chose viola because I thought there were to many cellists and violinists. I actually suggest violin, vibrato is easier and it`s easier on your neck. But, if you get irritated by the E String, don`t pick it. This is just my opinion. Just take it into consideration, I`m not saying that you should pick the violin though.

Well I know for fact that pride is arrogance and definetly means perfection because it says that in the Bible and also because God, the cretor of the universe and the creator of us says soo. Yes your proud of her because she did better that everyone else to get that job because she`s perfect and nobody could ever do better than her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take it from someone who`s read over the issue of pride in the Bible several times. First, many words meant slightly different things at the time it was written. This is an undisputed fact agreed upon by many interpreters and translators. And secondly, there are instances in that book where pride is not simply limited to arrogance and perfection. I suggest you sit down with that holy book and read it over again. Skim some biblical commentaries while you`re at it, too. Then come back and finish that biblical argument.