“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
― Mother Teresa
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
― Mother Teresa
Even though there are many that argue over the idea that there is no such thing as a self-less deed, I'd like to oppose. Yeah sure, every act leads to self gratification of some sort but when one doesn't think about the happiness the deed will bring them beforehand, I believe that's a self-less deed. It's a human instinct to feel happy for helping another. And so it becomes a selfish deed because it brings you happiness. However, at most times, people are not thinking about their own happiness when they do good deeds. It's a different story if it's a natural reaction to feel happy after seeing someone happy; it doesn't take away from performing a self-less deed.
And self-less deed or not, if it bring people happiness, it's a good thing. It's nice to have faith in people and to know that there are good people out there.
