Some words can be confusing, can't they?

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I was thinking earlier about my youngest daughter. Friday, she received a work promotion that is considered to be a big one. She works hard, she is a wife, a mother of two little very active boys, and one of my big sources of pride. My other children have given me similar moments in the recent past as well. Moms are proud beings, we just are. We cannot help but being proud of our children, it's just our nature. I consider this good pride. It's not about possessions or cars or homes or money. It's about the humans I had the chance to raise to be wonderful people. There are several kinds of pride. There's the kind I spoke of, above. Pride in someone that we had a part of raising, pride in ourselves when we accomplish something difficult, it's good pride. It represents part of who we are, and self respect. There's pride that's not always so good. The bad pride can be uncomfortable to observe and listen to. Some people pride themselves on their expensive belongings, like a new pricey sportscar, or a McMansion, expensive travel, diamonds, money, extra everything. Some love to brag on what they have or intend to obtain. These people love to brag, it garners them attention and admiration. They seem to have no idea that the bragging they do often chases people away from them, which of course defeats the purpose they have in wanting the admiration and attention in the first place. They seem to always say things like ''you're jealous.'' They don't realize that their own conceit and arrogance chases people away. There is pride in our countries, our flag, our heritage, our ancestry. Many are familiar with this one as well. There is now the Pride movement, which is of course fueled by the LGBTQ. I am not nor ever will be active in that, I realize some are and I am not passing judgement on them--it's just not my thing. There are so many definitions of pride. Supposedly the bad pride comes before a fall. Pride is bad, pride is good. We can twist and turn the meaning to suit almost any instance we want it to be. I personally think pride in ourselves and our families is a good thing. If we can't be proud of that, it's a sad thing for sure. I hate the arrogant pride of bragging, but pretty much everyone who has ever listened to that hates it as well, so I am not alone in that one. There are many pride quotes, biblical, from wise people, and on and on it goes. Do you have a favorite quote about pride, or someone you are proud of? I always liked this one: Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. Khalil Gibran