Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to.

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We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

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Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.

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

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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 no…

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I have over and over again explained that the purpose of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movement is to build men and women as citizens endowed with the…

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

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Look wide, beyond your immediate surroundings and limits, and you see things in their right proportion. Look above the level of things around you and…

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Look wide, and even when you think you are looking wide - look wider still.

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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 helpfu…

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