SELF-RESPECT VERSUS SELF-ESTEEM.
SELF-RESPECT ought to be counted precious by every person. No man ought to forfeit his self-respect out of regard to any human being. But let a man beware lest he confound self-respect with self-esteem. A man may refuse to do right at the request of another simply because by changing his course he would practically admit that his opinions had been wrong on the subject up to this time. Many a man makes a mistake at this point. It is better to mortify one's self-esteem than to maintain it at the cost of continuing in a wrong course. True self-respect would prompt us to avoid being controlled by our self-esteem; and it is often the case that another man's judgment as to the dictates of our self-respect is better than our own.—S. S. Times.