The
Paradoxical Commandments (Do It Anyway)
Kent M. Keith
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 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.
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