The Paradoxical Commandments

• 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 are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
  Succeed anyway.

• The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
  Do good anyway.

• Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
  Be honest and frank anyway.

• The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
  Think big anyway.

• People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
  Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

• What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
  Build anyway.

• People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
  Help people anyway.

• Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
  Give the world the best you have anyway.