THE PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS
1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
- Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
- Do good anyway.
3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
- Succeed anyway.
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
- Do good anyway.
5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
- Be honest and frank anyway.
6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
- Think big anyway.
7. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
- Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
- Build anyway.
9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
- Help people anyway.
10. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
- Give the world the best you have anyway.
Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council
