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Maybe I am a good writer.

Maybe I am a good cook.

Maybe I am a good human being.

But I don’t need to say that I am.

More importantly, I don’t need to think that I am.

Your attitude towards your actions, whether you are humble or prideful, does not change the quality of the actions in and of themselves. And your actions are ultimately what determines that identity—not how you perceive yourself in your mind. The label you assign yourself does not matter.

Regardless of the objective quality of those actions, it is always better to downplay the actions you do deserve recognition for than it is to be caught having pride for the ones that you don’t deserve recognition for.