“ 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’re 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 person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind. Think big anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People really need help but may attack if you help them. Help people anyway. Give the world the best you have and you might get hurt. Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
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Mother Teresa (via littlemiss) (via withoutlove)
Today I witnessed one person completely demeaning another person in front of her children, simply because the first person THOUGHT she was better than the second. It literally made my stomach churn. Do you know what the second person did? She looked up, smiled, and said “Thank you, have a great night.” And she was completely sincere.
It reminded me of a quote I posted last year, so I decided to re-blog it. I hope I will learn to react like that.
