The Final Analysis

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of alternative motives.

Be kind anyways.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.

Succeed anyways.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.

Be hones adn frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone may destroy overnight.

Build anyways.

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 anway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.

Give the world your best anyway.

You see in the final analysis, it is all between you and God and

never between you and them anyway.

-Mother Teresa