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title: "2 Better than you Quotes By Robert Baden-Powell"
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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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/try-to-leave-this-world-a-little-better-than-you-found-it-and-when/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

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> [Leave this world a little better than you found it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/leave-this-world-a-little-better-than-you-found-it/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

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## More by Robert Baden-Powell

> [It always seems to me so odd that when a man dies, he takes out with him all the knowledge that he has got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/it-always-seems-to-me-so-odd-that-when-a-man-dies-he-takes-out-with/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/the-method-of-instruction-in-scouting-is-that-of-creating-in-the-boy/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/correcting-bad-habits-cannot-be-done-by-forbidding-or-punishment/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks - that is, objects which help you to find your way or prevent you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/if-you-are-in-the-country-you-should-notice-landmarks-that-is-objects/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/young-men-of-course-don-t-want-to-be-guided-by-old-back-numbers-but/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/no-man-is-much-good-unless-he-believes-in-god-and-obeys-his-laws/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [In assisting his 'neighbour' every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/in-assisting-his-neighbour-every-day-to-the-best-of-his-ability-and/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/i-believe-that-god-put-us-in-this-jolly-world-to-be-happy-and-enjoy/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/happiness-doesn-t-come-from-being-rich-nor-merely-from-being/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/juvenile-crime-is-not-naturally-born-in-the-boy-but-is-largely-due/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [Commemorative stone in the floor of the Chapel of St. George in Westminster Abbey, London, dedicated in 1947: TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT Baden-Powell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/commemorative-stone-in-the-floor-of-the-chapel-of-st-george-in/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [One aim of the Boy Scouts scheme is to revive amongst us, if possible, some of the rules of the knights of old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/one-aim-of-the-boy-scouts-scheme-is-to-revive-amongst-us-if-possible/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/the-best-workers-like-the-happiest-livers-look-upon-their-work-as-a/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/it-is-the-patrol-system-that-makes-the-troop-and-all-scouting-for/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

> [Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/girls-should-be-brought-up-to-be-comrades-and-helpers-not-to-be-dolls/)

[Robert Baden-Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baden-powell/)

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