Robert Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell
Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM GCMG GCVO KCB DL, also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder of the Scout Movement and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth22 February 1857
Robert Baden-Powell quotes about
friendship powerful fate
A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.
wisdom winning helping
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.
country class differences
The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.
life men want
I have known lots of millionaires who were not happy men; they had not got all they wanted and therefore had failed to find success in life. A Singalese proverb says: "He who is happy is rich, but it does not follow that he who is rich is happy." The really rich man is the man who has fewest wants.
trust training moral
Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.
circumstances scouting cub-scout
A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
secret sound driving
The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system.
failure difficult-situations done
In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: "What would Christ have done?" Then do it-as nearly as you can.
wisdom done want
When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
punishment government done
Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.
wisdom boys games
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
life biographies suggestions
Almost any biography will have its useful suggestions for making life a success, but none better or more unfailing than the biography of Christ.
wisdom character responsibility
An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
adventure boys order
It is risky to order a boy not to do something; it immediately opens to him the adventure of doing it.