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.

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

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

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

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.

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 see a higher aim and possibility to your work.

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

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

Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

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

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

Memories aren't stored in the heart or the head or even the soul, if you ask me, but in the spaces between any given two people.

I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

The most important emotion in classrooms is surprise.

Since a woman must wear chains, I would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little.

I grow increasingly aware, and in more ways than expected that I am at the center of my own field; and whether it be folly or wisdom, it is a very pleasant feeling.

Dialogue is the only way to end war and terror. We need practical solidarity with those who are weaker and diplomacy from below.

Government today, far from protecting property, is its main threat.

There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.