Without self-esteem and respect for others, you cannot be true to your own values.

Without self-esteem and respect for others, you cannot be true to your own values.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect.

I want to feel proud and happy about my selflessness. But what happens when being selfless takes away a big part of your self?

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

To earn respect, you must earn your own self respect before you can expect others, to respect you.