Self-respect over self-esteem. · Self-esteem is to evaluate ourselves. To assess our virtues and our faults. It will fluctuate throughout life and is susceptible to the opinions of ourself and of those around us. · Self-respect is to be content with ourselves. To accept our virtues and our faults, and to acknowledge that there will be highs and lows throughout life. · Self-respect is to forgo opinions, to know our worth, and to treat others with the same kind of respect. · Where self-esteem may be damaged, self-respect is difficult to shatter. · “Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life - is the source from which self-respect springs” - Joan Didion.