Winning the losing battle of self respect

Having self respect is one of the hardest things to achieve as a human being, nearly all our self respect is given to us by our peers and by our culture. If you truly want to have self respect you have to stop looking for confirmation that you "have" self respect and start building upon your own knowledge of your "self".
It is with a true knowledge of who your truly are that you gain an unshakeable self respect.
But beware, every time you look for self respect in other people; all you will find is loss.

"one of the hardest things to achieve as a human being...."