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“ The Paradoxical Commandments

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 will 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.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

“أنت أقوى مما تدعين ، أكثر صلابة مما تظهرين .. فبرغم نعومتك ورقتك وسهولة خدشك إلا أنك فتاة شامخة ..قوية..ذات جذور عميقة وعتيقة ، وفتاة أصيلة ،تزأر حينما تهان .. وتكبر حينما يحاول كائن من كان تحجميها أو تهميشها”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, فلتغفري

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“لن يعترف حتى لنفسه بأنه خسرها. سيدّعي أنها من خسرته، وأنه من أراد لهما فراقًا قاطعًا كضربة سيف، فهو يفضّل على حضورها غيابًا طويلًا، وعلى المتع الصغيرة ألمًا كبيرًا، وعلى الانقطاع المتكرر قطيعة حاسمة.”
― أحلام مستغانمي, الأسود يليق بك