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 will win false friends and true enemies:
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow:
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable:
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest people with the biggest ideas will be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds:
Think big anyway.
People follow top dogs, but favor underdogs:
Fight for some underdog anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight:
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you help them:
Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have got, and they may kick you in the teeth:
Give your best anyway.
Author Unknown.
How so very true! As a society, we need to get past this kill or be killed mentality. Sadly, this is where we are today. Hopefully the millennial gen will be loud enough to send a message to the political machine that it needs to be more about the people and not just about left or right.