Words of a Future Saint

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you may win some false friends and true enemies;
Be successful 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, there may be jealousy;
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's between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway. 

~Mother Teresa