If our self respect is based on the praise of others then our self respect will be very tenuous.

如果我们的自我尊重建立在他人的表扬之上，那么这种自我尊重将是非常脆弱的。

youdao

The way to self respect is not through a bloated sense of pride; this is a false type of self respect.

获得自我尊重的方式不是通过一种膨胀的骄傲的感觉，这是自我尊重的错误形式。

youdao

They have lost not only their jobs, but their homes, their self-respect and even their reason for living.

他们不仅失去了工作，还失去了家园、自尊心，甚至活下去的理由。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"In a broader sense we need to empower our tribal communities with the means to determine their own destiny, their livelihood, their own security and above all their dignity and self respect."

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

How is a city like a soul and in what respect is self-governance, the control of one's passions and appetites, in what respect is self-control ? like the governance of a collective body?

城市如何像灵魂,且在哪些层面自管、,自控一个人的激情、欲望，在哪些层面,这些会像是管理一个集体？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It was the loss of dignity, self-respect and honor.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

It takes an enormous amount of security, courage, and self respect to show vulnerability, to share credit, and to transcend envy and jealousy.

FORBES: Top 5 Ways to Cultivate Successful Character Traits

From somebody who has worked all his life and is proud of it, I think it's about time we as a country got our self respect back.

BBC: Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

If you have any self-respect, you'll want to slap that nose off Williams' face...though, if people had any self-respect, the movie wouldn't have already made 25 million dollars.

CNN: Review: Sick humor in 'Patch Adams'