Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light. In the same time it is educative, and (like Mercy) it is apt to benefit him that giveth as well as him that receives.
- Robert Baden-Powell
More Quotes By Robert Baden-Powell
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: “What would Christ have done?” Then do... Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to... Mind you, I have had in my sojourn on earth as good a time of it as any... We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do... The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without... Look wide, beyond your immediate surroundings and limits, and you see things in their right proportion. Look above... A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room.
Look wide, and even when you think you are looking wide – look wider still.
Be Prepared… the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out... Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather... A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a... If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.
Leave a comment
