"people are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; forgive them anyway. if you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway. if you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; succeed anyway. if you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway. what you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; build anyway. if you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; be happy anyway. give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best anyway. you see, in the final analysis, it is between you and god; it was never between you and them."