Paradoxical commandments.

[ShinMaruku]

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Be good anyway.
Honesty and frankness will 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 need help, but may attack you if you do help them. Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

[MetaZedlen]

To sum it all up:

Regardless of the good you do, there's always that one asshole that will hate you just because they can.

[ShinMaruku]

You don't care about the asshole they are irrelevant.
Do good by you.

[Sinue_v2]

You don't care about the asshole they are irrelevant. ~ Jesus of Nazareth

You don't care about the asshole they are irrelevant. ~ Abraham Lincoln

You don't care about the asshole they are irrelevant. ~ John F. Kennedy

You don't care about the asshole they are irrelevant. ~ John Lennon

You don't care about the asshole they are irrelevant. ~ Hypatia of Alexandria

You don't care about the asshole they are irrelevant. ~ Mahatmas Gandhi

You don't care about the asshole they are irrelevant. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

You don't care about the asshole they are irrelevant. ~ Anwar Sadat

Etc, etc, etc.

[ShinMaruku]

"Take my hand and give it to you, now you owe me all I am.You say you would never leave me, I believe you, I believe!"

[Kyrith_Ranger_Pso]

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Be good anyway.
Honesty and frankness will 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 need help, but may attack you if you do help them. Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

pretty much what all these things are saying, is do the right thing because its right, not because the world will reward you.

[ShinMaruku]

Of course. Life is it's own reward.

[Zeal]

Just try your best, and be the best you can, eh? *sigh* It seems so much easier said than done. Is it possible to have a serious down-to-earth discussion on the Off-topics thread? I thought that kind of stuff was reserved for the Rants thread. Sorry if it seems like a stupid question, but it just seemed that way to me. :P

[Nitro Vordex]

Just try your best, and be the best you can, eh? *sigh* It seems so much easier said than done. Is it possible to have a serious down-to-earth discussion on the Off-topics thread? I thought that kind of stuff was reserved for the Rants thread. Sorry if it seems like a stupid question, but it just seemed that way to me. :P

Well you could always contribute rather than complain about the quality of the thread.

[Kyrith_Ranger_Pso]

^ tis true