If you have no self-respect you can't respect others, because what value would you offer someone by giving the respect of one who is as lowly as you view yourself?.
Self-respect is a feeling of confidence and pride in your own ability and worth. They have lost not only their jobs, but their homes, their self-respect and even their reason for living. a feeling of being happy about your character, abilities, and beliefs self-esteem
[ 'self, Southern also 's ] (pronoun.) before 12th century. Middle English , from Old English; akin to Old High German selb, intensive pronoun, and probably to Latin suus one's own; more at SUICIDE.