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
leadership wisdom show-me
Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.
wisdom boys suggestions
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
wisdom boys views
See things from the boy's point of view.
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.
wisdom done want
When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
wisdom boys games
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
wisdom character responsibility
An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
wisdom responsibility giving
The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
wisdom boys hygiene
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
brought discovered
The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.
time book character
Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: "Use your common sense rather than book instructions."
boys holding-on
To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.
life children home
Possibly the best suggestion in condensed form, as to how to live, was given by my old Headmaster, Dr. Haig Brown, in 1904, when he wrote his Recipe for Old Age. A diet moderate and spare, Freedom from base financial care, Abundant work and little leisure, A love of duty more than pleasure, An even and contented mind In charity with all mankind, Some thoughts too sacred for display In the broad light of common day, A peaceful home, a loving wife, Children, who are a crown of life; These lengthen out the years of man Beyond the Psalmist's narrow span.
sunday day-of-rest loafing
Sunday is a day of rest. Loafing is not rest.