WHEN THE GOOD YOU DO SEEMS USELESS - DO GOOD ANYWAY

 

The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. 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 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.

© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001