Confidence, Arrogance and Humility

A couple of thoughts on the relationship between High levels of confidence and arrogance, taken from a form reply on Ecademy

The threshold for arrogance may be lower than we might think...
"When someone asks you a question, answer him or her sincerely, and when you are not asked, do not force your teaching upon others. - Jae Woong Kim, "Polishing the Diamond"

We all have reason to be highly confident [maybe the mavericks get this and non-mavericks don't] and we all have reason to be humble [maybe the non-mavericks get this and the mavericks don't]

To prevent high levels of self confidence becoming arrogance maintain a large sense of humility...

Weak as we are, compared to the health and strength we desire;
Ignorant as we are, compared to the height, and width, and depth of knowledge which is all around us;
Miserable as we are, compared to the happiness of which we feel ourselves capable;

even so, somewhere inside we see nothing beyond or above us,
Nothing to which we or our children may not attain,
of great,
of beautiful,
of excellent.
And to feel the power of this mighty principle,
To urge it forward in its course and accelerate the change in our condition which it promises,
We must be awake to its practice and always remind ourselves
We truly can do anything.

I would agree with a previous point that, for me, the all important judgement caller for 'where high self confidence can lead' is intention.

Arrogance is; vain, aggressive, proud, greedy and a taker, if a highly confident person demonstrates these qualities then arrogance is not far away.

"There is nothing uglier than vanity
Nothing is more impotent than aggression
Arrogance dishonours pride
Even as the desire for gain shelters theft and greed
In the end all acts of force must yield
The burdens of the taker ever grow
The giver walks free of chains"

Take care of YOU
you're the best YOU there is
and that will ever be.