People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered,

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives,

If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies,

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow,

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable,

What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight

People really need help but may attack you when you help them

Give the world the best you have and you'll get disparaged and ridiculed

Adapted from the book "A Simple Path" by Mother Teresa of Calcutta