Powerful message attributed to Mother Teresa inscribed on the wall of her Childrens home in Calcutta.
~~based on Kent M. Keith's The Paradoxical Commandments(1968)
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Love 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 spent years building, someone may 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..
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help them 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.
"We can do no great things -
only small things with great love."
--Mother Teresa