Robert Baden-Powell quotes

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

See things from the boy's point of view.

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

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

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

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

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

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.

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

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

The object of the patrol method is not so much having the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy.