If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
你诚实和率直,人们可能会欺骗你,不管怎样,还是要诚实和率直。
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
人们经常是不讲道理的、没有逻辑的和以自我为中心的,不管怎样,要原谅他们。
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
你友善,人们可能会说你自私和动机不良,不管怎样,还是要友善。
If you are successful, you will win some false friends
And some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
成功,会让你有一些虚假的朋友和一些真实的敌人,不管怎样,还是要成功。
What you spend years building,
Someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
你多年来营造的东西,有人能在一夜之间把它摧毁,不管怎样,还是要去营造。
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
如果你找到了平静和幸福,他们可能会嫉妒你,不管怎样,还是要快乐。
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Be good anyway.
你今天做的好事,人们往往明天就会忘记,不管怎样,还是要做好事。
Give the world the best you have,
And it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.
即使把你最好的东西给了这个世界,也许这些东西永远都不够;
不管怎样,把你最好的东西给这个世界。
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It is never between you and them anyway.
你看,说到底,它是你和上帝之间的事;