Give the World your Best Anyway

People are unreasonable,

illogical and self-centred.

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.

What you spend years building

May be destroyed overnight.

Build Anyway.

People need help but may attack if you help them.

Help People Anyway.

Give the world your best

And you’ll get kicked in the teeth.

Give the World your Best Anyway.

From a wall of Shishu Bhavan – Mother Theresa’s Children’s Home, Calcutta.

Reference: Mark McCrindle Australian Leadership Foundation (2004). The Leadership Series. Perth, WA: The Maverick Partnership