Some inspirational quotes from people I know....
Alaric sir: Don't slouch. You're a man, lift your head up.
ex-VSL: Scouts make lousy boyfriends...but good husbands.
BP: Be contented with what you've got and make the best of it. look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one. But the real way to get happiness is to give happiness to other people.
and Baden Powell's dying message....
Dear Scouts,
If you've seen the play "Peter Pan" you will remember how the pirate chief was always making dying speech because he wa afraid that possibly when the time came for him to die, he might not have the time to get it off his chest. It is much th same with me, and so, although I am not at this moment dying, I shall be doing so one of these days and I want to send you a parting note of goodbye. Remember it is the last you will hear from me, so think it over.
I have had a most happy life and I want each of you to have as happy a life too.
I belive that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being sucessful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you're a child, so that you can be useful and so enjoy life when you're a adult.
Nature Study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you've got and make the best of it. look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one. But the real way to get happiness is to give happiness to other people.
Try and leave this world a little better than youfound it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy infeeling that any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. "Be prepared" in this way, to liv happy and die happy- stick to your Scouts Promise alwys-even after you have ceased to be a boy and God help you do it.
Your friend,
Baden Powell of Gilwell
Chief Scout
hold me now at 2:49 PM