People are often unreasonable and self-centered, so one should continue being kind, honest, and doing good for others regardless of how they may react. The document advises to succeed in building things up, find happiness, and do good for the world despite risks of losing it all or others becoming jealous, because ultimately one is only accountable to God rather than other people.

1. People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered. Forgive anyway

2. If you are kind, people may accuse you of being selfish and having ulterior motives Be kind anyway

3. If you’re successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies Succeed anyway

4. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you. Be honest and frank anyway

5. What you spend years building, someone may try to destroy overnight Build anyway

6. You may find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous Be happy anyway

7. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow Do good anyway

8. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough Give the world the best you have anyway

9. You see, in the final analysis, it’s between you and Your God It was never between you and them anyway.