Pride

We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not.  They are proud of  being richer, or cleverer, or good-looking than others.  If everyone else became equally rich, or clever, or good-looking, there would be nothing to be proud about.  It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest.  Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone.

-C.S. Lewis