The Paradoxical Commandments

Posted by Chu Wu

Some wisdom shared by PDG(5050) Gary Hollick, President of Surrey Board of Trade 2007-2008...Our Guest Speaker for Jul 17 2007...

People are illogical, unreasonable, 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 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 men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.

Â© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001

"I met Dr. Kent M. Keith in Hawaii at a leadership conference a couple of years ago. He told us that he wrote this in school as a paper. He said he never thought in a million years that leaders all over the world would use it in their speeches and everyday life. I hope you enjoy the Paradoxical Commandment as much as do."

-- Gary Hollick, Past District 5050 Governor (2004-2005) and a Member of Rotary Club of North Delta. Gary is the Publisher/General Manager of The Now Newspaper serving Surrey, White Rock and North Delta with over 100,000 in circulation.