**If they lie to me they don't respect me, and if they don't respect me how can they love me? -- Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator

You will never be respected by the world if you don't respect 'you' within yourself. You, your existence, your values and your principles. There will be times when compromising and making a deal would seem the easier way out, but you need to understand the fact that these sort of 'deals' are short-lived, in the longer run, it would have an adverse effect on your personality and the perception people have of you.