Tag: Robert Baden-Powell
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The study of Nature brings into a harmonious whole the questions of the Infinite, the Historic, and the Microscopic as part of the Great Creator’s work.
Robert Baden-Powell
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You may be rich, but there is one thing you can’t afford – that is, if you are a good sort – you can’t afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.
Robert Baden-Powell
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A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.
Robert Baden-Powell
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Erudition – that is, reading, writing, and arithmetic – is taught in the schools; but where is the more important quality, character, taught? Nowhere in particular. There is no authorized training for children in character.
Robert Baden-Powell
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The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
Robert Baden-Powell
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Scoutcraft is a means through which the veriest hooligan can be brought to higher thought and to the elements of faith in God; and, coupled with the Scout’s obligation to do a good turn every day, it gives the base of Duty to God and to Neighbour on which the parent or pastor can build with greater ease the form of belief that is desired.
Robert Baden-Powell
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Personally, I like reading adventures which really have happened to people, because they show what kind of things might happen to oneself, and they teach one how to ‘Be Prepared’ to meet them.
Robert Baden-Powell
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Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.
Robert Baden-Powell
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If you make yourself indispensable to your employer, he is not going to part with you in a hurry no matter what it costs him.
Robert Baden-Powell
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When you want a thing done, ‘Don’t do it yourself’ is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
Robert Baden-Powell