People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.人們經常很過分、不講理和自私自利,但不管怎樣還是寬恕他們吧!If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.你要是親切待人,人們可能會指責你的自私和居心叵測;但不管怎樣,還是親切待人吧!If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.你要是功成名就,就會贏得虛偽的朋友和樹立起真正的敵人,但不管怎樣,還是成功吧!If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.你要是誠實坦率,人們可能會欺騙你;但不管怎樣,還是要誠實和坦率吧!What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.你的多年苦心建樹,某人可能會將它毀於一旦;但不管怎樣,還是建樹吧!If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.你要是得到了寧靜與快樂,別人可能會嫉妒你;但不管怎樣,還是快樂起來吧!The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.你今日的善舉,人們經常會在明天忘掉;但不管怎樣,還是行善吧!Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough; Give the world the best you have anyway.把你最好的奉獻給這個世界,這個世界卻可能永遠不會知足;但不管怎樣,還是要把你最好的奉獻給這個世界吧!You see, in the final analysis, it s all between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway.你看,歸根究底,這一切都只是你和上帝之間的事情,而絕對不會是你和他們之間的事情。
From Do It Anyway: The Handbook for Finding Personal Meaning and Deep Happiness in a Crazy World . Dr Kent Keith - Anyway