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I want to write a short quote to hang up on my wall.  
It is about respecting yourself and never finding excuses or allowing yourself
to slack. In other words, to properly take care of yourself and not ridicule
it (in every literal and metaphorical way).

How can this kind of self-respect be best translated in Japanese?  
I believe [不敬]{ふけい} or [軽蔑]{けいべつ} do not correctly capture the meaning I am
looking for in this case.
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Which is the best way to translate "disrespect" in this context?
What about something like `自分【じぶん】に誇【ほこ】りを持【も】て！` or even the simpler
`誇【ほこ】りを持【も】て！` ?

This translates to "have pride in yourself" or "have pride".
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This quote from Miyamoto Musashi fits this bill very well. I having been
living by this for the past few months:

身【み】を捨【す】てても名利【みょうり】は捨【す】てず

It is frequently translated as, "You may abandon your body, but you must
preserve your honor."

Perhaps a more literal translation would be, "Even if you throw away your
body, do not throw away your honor."

Breakdown: 身【み】を Body + (Indicator of direct subject or otherwise recipient of
verb)

捨【す】てて Throwing away, abandoning, leaving, deserting, resigning

も Also, too, even if

名利【みょうり】は Fame and fortune (lit. name + benefit/profit) + (topic marker)

捨【す】てず Not throwing away, not abandoning, etc.

If you are looking to stray shortly from your path, I am not a native speaker,
but, I would go with 軽蔑【けいべつ】.
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Maybe [堕落](https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E5%A0%95%E8%90%BD) .

**We do say:**

  * 堕落する
  * 堕落した
  * 堕落するな

**We don't say:**

  * 堕落る
  * 堕落い

**Example:**

  * 堕落した人生を過ごしたいのか？ (Are you sure you want to spend your life in a state of 堕落?)
  * <https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%E5%A0%95%E8%90%BD>

Not to be confused with
[脱落](https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E8%84%B1%E8%90%BD) .

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**Here's why...**

Your question is:

> Which is the best way to translate "disrespect" in this context?

So you want a **Japanese word which expresses the state of disrespecting (i.e.
not complying to) your values**. That means, we must begin by translating the
state of going against your values: _" finding excuses and allowing oneself to
slack"._

* * *

If I focus on the _" finding excuses"_ part, I can't think of a word that
describes such state, except for the straightforward 言い訳する人 (person who finds
excuses). Focusing on _" allowing himself to slack"_ gave me the word 怠け者
(lazy person).

Combining the two, we at least get 言い訳するな、怠け者になるな (No excuses, don't be a
slacker) but that's not really creative and doesn't answer you question so
let's dig deeper.

What happens when you find excuses and slack off? You lower your value. Use
case can be 己の価値を下げるな (don't lower your (my) value).

What happens when you lower your value? You lower yourself down to a point
expressed in Japanese as 堕落 (corrupt, degraded, etc.). This may allow the **"
state of disrespecting oneself until a point one has reached its lower limit"
to be translated as 堕落した状態。**

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I hope the above answered the question partially, if not completely. Next, on
to your purpose:

> I want to write a short quote to hang up on my wall.

There's always a [4-kanji set](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yojijukugo) for
anything (四字熟語). I have gathered some examples that possibly depict the
"disrespectful state" you wish to express. Apparently simple search didn't
yield translations and synonyms so I have provided simple translations.

  * 放恣佚楽 Live one's life doing whatever it wants
  * 放蕩三昧 All about sex, drink, enjoying life
  * 酔生夢死 Live a dull non-productive life
  * 曠日弥久 Wasting years being non-productive
  * 腐敗堕落 Spoiled and 堕落
  * 飽食終日 Living the entire day in gluttony

They sound like an awesome life, but are basically used in a negative manner,
kind of like the [seven
sins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins).
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