Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership:

• 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 perhaps be forgotten tomorrow--> do good anyway.
  
  
• Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable
  --> be honest and frank anyway.
  
  
• The biggest man with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest man with the smallest mind
  --> think big anyway.
  
  
• People favor underdogs but follow only hot 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 help them
  --> help them anyway.
  
  
• Give the world the best that you have and you will get kicked in the teeth
  --> give the world the best that you have anyway.
  
  

If better is possible, then good is not enough.

Sources from John C.Maxwell – Relationships 101 – What Every Leader Needs To Know.