(Kent M. Keith, quoted by Stephen R. Covey in “The 8th Habit”)
Listen.
1. Give the world the best you have, and you may get hurt.
Give the world your best — anyway.
2. People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
3. If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish, hidden motives.
Do good anyway.
4. If you succeed, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
5. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
6. Honesty and sincerity make you vulnerable.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
7. The biggest ideas of the greatest minds can be shot down by the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
8. People favor underdogs, but follow only leaders.
Support a few underdogs anyway.
9. What you build over years can be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
10. People really need help, but may attack you if you try to help them.
Help them anyway.