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An old classic that was always hanging in the staff/leaders lounge at Summer Camp:

 

"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the lofe of a boy."

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Here are two I have used (posted under http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=49434#id_49434 )

 

Success

To laugh often and much

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends

To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others

To leave the world a little better - whether by a healthy child, a garden path, or a redeemed social condition

To know even one life has breathed easier because you lived

This is to have succeeded.

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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Isn't it strange that princes and kings

And clowns that caper in sawdust rings

And common people, like you and me

Are builders for eternity?

 

Each is given a bag of tools

A shapeless mass, a book of rules

And each must make ere life has flown

A stumbling block .... or a stepping stone

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