Handwritten Sign Found on the Wall of Mother Teresa's room

People are often unreasonable, and self-centered; forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motive; be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some 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, others may be jealous; be happy anyway;

The good you do today, people will forget tomorrow; do good anyway;

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough; give your best anyway;

For you see, the in the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway;

-by Mother Teresa