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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 2288318" data-attributes="member: 8158">I think you have the right of it, or are at least close. I say this: I do not find someone "marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit" to be admirable. It is undeniably the most prudent, self-interested demeanor for most us, but people don't merit adulation for taking the path of least resistance, do they? For those who have the luxury of not having to behave in a meek, modest manner yet choose to do so, I say to each their own, but people also do not merit adulation for being kind enough not to earwig the emotionally insecure by rubbing self-confidence in their faces. Nor do I have contempt for the "arrogant or prideful" if they have the goods to back it up. I countenance arrogance on a daily basis. Others are often puzzled at how I manage, but all I care about is how useful someone is. The world is chock-full of useless people who hold their humility up as an incentive to like them and deal with them. Show them the door.Listen to the man.</blockquote>