This was from a poem written by Kent M. Keith and read to her children by the amazing Hedy Lamarr, actress, big thinker, inventor of frequency hopping technology used in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other applications. Great Quotation at the End of “Bombshell…Hedy Lamarr”
“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. |
| 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