Mother Teresa

People
are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;

Forgive them anyway.

 

If you
are kind, people may accuse you of

selfish,
ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway.

 

If you
are successful, you will win some false friends

and
some true enemies;

Succeed anyway.

 

If you
are honest and frank, people may cheat you;

Be honest and frank
anyway.

 

What
you spend years building, someone

could
destroy overnight;

Build anyway.

 

If you
find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;

Be happy anyway.

 

The
good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway.

 

Give
the world the best you have, and

it may
never be enough;

Give the world the best
you’ve got anyway.

 

You see, in the final
analysis, it is between you and God;

It was never between you
and them anyway.

 

Mother Teresa