Robert Baden-Powell Quotes

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.
Robert Baden-Powell

Try, Fail, Duty

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.
Robert Baden-Powell

Thinking, Motto, Himself

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

Talk, Listening, Gain

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.
Robert Baden-Powell

Trust, Training, Moral

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

Happiness, Try, Others

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

Unexpected, Happens, Knows

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
Robert Baden-Powell

Scout, Smiles, Whistles

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
Robert Baden-Powell

Success, Training, Personal

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.
Robert Baden-Powell

Leader, Show, Poorly

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
Robert Baden-Powell

Good, Yourself, Done

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.
Robert Baden-Powell

Country, Makes, Since

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
Robert Baden-Powell

Aim, Boy, Carries

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
Robert Baden-Powell

Character, Training, Put

See things from the boy's point of view.
Robert Baden-Powell

Point, View, Boy

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
Robert Baden-Powell

Leaders, Respond, Gives

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.
Robert Baden-Powell

Light, Spirit, Boy

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
Robert Baden-Powell

Game, Play, Himself

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.
Robert Baden-Powell

Bad, Done, Cannot

To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.
Robert Baden-Powell

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Nationality: English

Born: February 22, 1857

Died: January 8, 1941

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