People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered—love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives—do good anyway.
If you’re successful, you’ll win false friends and true enemies—succeed anyway.
The good you do today will perhaps be forgotten tomorrow—do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable—be honest and frank anyway.
The big man with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest man with the smallest mind—think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow hot dogs—fight for the few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight—build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you help them—help them anyway.
Give the world the best that you have and you will get kicked in the teeth—give the world the best you have anyway.
If better is possible, then good is not enough.
(From Becoming a Person of Influence, by John C. Maxwell & Jim Dornan)
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