Self-worth
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The value one assigns to oneself or one's abilities in self assessment.
Dignity
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A quality or state worthy of esteem and respect, especially humanness, but also, for example, augustness, nobility, majesty, grandeur, glory, superiority, wonderfulnessdecorum, formality, stateliness;high office or rank;
Example sentence: Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.