To Criticize Others

Self-respect means that you consider it inappropriate to criticize others. You consider it cowardly to feel threatened by someone else. You view everyone as responsible for their own behavior.

Self-Talk

Positive and encouraging self-talk will contribute to inner strength and self-respect, which will drastically alter the way you see yourself and your potential in life.

Beat Yourself Up

Self-respect is the ability to view yourself from a number of different perspectives. In this way, you can gain insight into your personality and way of thinking. You will be less likely to be influenced by what others think of you, which will allow you to pursue your own goals freely. You may also have less of a tendency to "beat yourself up" over previous mistakes in life.

Idea of Self-Respect

Having respect for others is difficult if you have no respect for yourself. The idea of self-respect is very closely related to self-confidence, but respect is more about what you do whereas confidence is about how you feel. The two go hand-in-hand. This article, however, will focus on how you can demonstrate respect for yourself. Odds are, when you do these things, you'll find your confidence increases as well.

The Greatest Help

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with
decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know
where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe
and are acting from.

- William Faulkner

Self-Respect

Nobody can take away your self-respect till you are willing to do so.

Expectations of Others

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -- there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

- Joan Didion

Respect Yourself

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky