| Karl A. Menninger, to the United Nations in
1981.
People are unreasonable,
illogical, self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, you will win
false friends and true enemies.
Try to be successful anyway.
The good you do today
will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do it, anyway.
Honesty and frankness
make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
People favor underdogs,
but I notice they follow the top dogs.
Fight for some underdogs, anyway.
What you spend years building
may be destroyed overnight.
Build, anyway.
People really need help,
but they may attack you if you help them.
Try to 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. |