Quotes by Sir Robert Baden-Powell

“In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.”

“In all of this, it is the spirit that matters. Our Scout law and Promise, when we really put them into practice, take away all occasion for wars and strife among nations.”

“When you want a thing done, Dont do it yourself is a good motto for Scoutmasters.”

“O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.”

“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.”

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

“The boy is not governed by dont ,but is led by do.”

“Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.”

“The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.”

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

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

“Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.”

“See things from the boys point of view.”

“Show me a poorly uniformed troop and Ill show you a poorly uniformed leader.”

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

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

“A boy is naturally full of humor.”

“It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.”

“I dont believe the accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.”

“Think youre escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”