Do It Anyway

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, others may be jealous; be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway.

Do It Anyway - popularized by Mother Teresa

A Legacy of Love

"The poorest peasants can offer a legacy of love to their children."

I Care for Myself

"Who in the world cares for you, or who will be injured by what you do?
I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God . . . Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this . . . If at my individual convenience I might break them, what would be their worth? They have a worth--so I have always believed. Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot."

- Charlotte Bronte in  Jane Eyre -