Love Anyway

People are unreasonable, illogical 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 win false friends and true enemies; succeed anyway.
The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow; do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable; be frank and honest anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build anyway.
People really need help but attack you if you help them; help them anyway.
Give the world the best you've got and you'll get kicked in the teeth; give the world the best you've got anyway.

Humans are unique in their ability to learn from the mistakes of others, and in their extreme disinclination to do so.