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Advice from Mother Teresa 特蕾纱修女的忠告

People are often unreasonable,illogical,and self-centered；

Forgive then anyway.

If you are kind,people may accuse you of selfish,ulterior motives¹；

Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies；

Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you；

Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,someone could destroy overnight；

Build anyway.

If you find serenity² and happiness,they may be jealous；

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,people will often forget tomorrow；

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,and it may never be enough；

Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,it is between you and God:

It was never between you and them anyway.

人们常常蛮不讲理、不合逻辑和喜欢以自我为中心：

无论如何，原谅他们！

如果你善良，人们可能会带着自私和秘密的动机谴责你：

无论如何，善良一些！

如果你成功，你将会有一些假朋友跟一些真正的敌人：

无论如何，要成功啊！

如果你诚实率真，人们可能会期骗你：

无论如何，诚实率真些！

可能你耗时经年来盖房子，某人会在一夜间将之毁于一旦：

无论如何，还是盖吧！

如果你寻找到宁静和幸福，他们可能会嫉妒你：

无论如何，还是幸福吧！

今天你的善行，人们常常明天就会忘记：

无论如何，作些好事！

贡献你最好的给世界，或许它永远不够：

无论如何，将你最好的贡献出来给世界！

你看，最后你跟上帝站在了一起：

无论如何，这永远不会跟那些人在一起！

1 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。

2 serenity   

n.宁静，沉着，晴朗

参考例句：

• Her face,though sad,still evoked a feeling of serenity.她的脸色虽然悲伤，但仍使人感觉安详。
• She escaped to the comparative serenity of the kitchen.她逃到相对安静的厨房里。