“و أنا أكدى الورى عيشا على أنّني أبكي لبلوى كلّ مكد
حين يشقى الناس أشقى معهم و أنا أشقى كما يشقون وحدي !
و أنا أخلو بنفسي و الورى كلّهم عندي و مالي أيّ عندي
لا و لا لي في الدّنا مثوى و لا مسعد إلاّ دجا اللّيل و سهدي
لم أسر من غربة إلاّ إلى غربة أنّكى و تعذيب أشدّ
متعب وركبي قدمي و الأسى زادي و حمّى البرد بردي
و الدجا الشاتي فراشي وردا جسمي المحموم أعصابي و جلدي .”
―
حين يشقى الناس أشقى معهم و أنا أشقى كما يشقون وحدي !
و أنا أخلو بنفسي و الورى كلّهم عندي و مالي أيّ عندي
لا و لا لي في الدّنا مثوى و لا مسعد إلاّ دجا اللّيل و سهدي
لم أسر من غربة إلاّ إلى غربة أنّكى و تعذيب أشدّ
متعب وركبي قدمي و الأسى زادي و حمّى البرد بردي
و الدجا الشاتي فراشي وردا جسمي المحموم أعصابي و جلدي .”
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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.”
― The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council
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.”
― The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council
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