O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then … - Robert Baden-Powell

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You fell in love with someone because of the tilt of his smile, or because he could make you laugh, or in this case, because he made you believe that you were the only one who could save him.

Robert Baden-Powell

O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.

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Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best

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No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.

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The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

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A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room.

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