A Quote by Robert Baden-Powell

Leave this world a little better than you found it.

Robert Baden-Powell

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Better Better Than You Found Leave Little Than This World World

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Robert Baden-Powell
English - Soldier
February 22, 1857 - January 8, 1941

Our job is to leave the world a little better than we found it. Not the same... not worse... better.

Gene Simmons

To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.

Paul Auster

A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

Cornel West

Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness.

David Sarnoff

That's all I've ever dreamed of, Mr. Bones. To make the world a better place. To bring some beauty to the drab humdrum corners of the soul. You can do it with a toaster, you can do it with a poem, you can do it by reaching out your hand to a stranger. It doesn't matter what form it takes. To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.

Paul Auster

I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it.

Cornel West

We all have a moral obligation to leave this world a better place than the world that we've found.

Tim McIlrath

Life is a journey, and one thing's for sure: You don't see many hearses with luggage racks on them. We're privileged to be here, so instead of just using God's resources, we should leave the place a little better than we found it - or at least leave it the same.

Joel Cunningham

Do no harm & leave the world a better place than you found it.

Patricia Cornwell

We all have such a finite time to leave the world better than we found it.

Dave Kellett

It's your purpose to leave the world better than how you found it.

Ronda Rousey

I believe that we do have an obligation to leave the world a better place than we found it.

Jared Isaacman

Every second counts. We are only on this earth for a short amount of time, and we get to decide how we want to use that time. And if one thinks that the purpose of life is to leave the world in just a little bit better place than we found it, it's hard to think of anyone who has contributed more than Jane Goodall.

Brett Morgen

Try and 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.

Robert Baden-Powell

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

Robert Baden-Powell

To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people's trash.