I Love You, Not Because You Are Perfect
Published July 26th, 2007 in Love, Success, Life, Thoughts, Belief.
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.
~ The Paradoxical Commandments, written by Dr. Kent M. Keith in 1968, when he was 19.
Came across the Paradoxical Commandments in The 8th Habit by Stephen Covey. Intrigued.
Sometimes the most cruial is the most fundamental - but the most fundamental is the most difficult.
Be your best anyway.
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Great list!. Be Great no matter what, I like that.
Hi Alan,
Life is complicated but wonderful. Come to think about it, it is all the challenges (and how we handle them) that makes life memorable.
We are made to be great, right?
Powerful.
Jackal,
It is. I hope have every courage and determination to stick to what is right…