One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place. Robert Baden-Powell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Apart from the fact that any hardy exercise conduces much to the training and formation of a soldier, pig-sticking tends to give a man what is called a ‘stalker’s eye,’ but which, par excellence, is the soldier’s eye. Robert Baden-Powell Read Quote
The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes. Robert Baden-Powell Read Quote
When you want a thing done, ‘Don’t do it yourself’ is a good motto for Scoutmasters. Robert Baden-Powell Read Quote
One of the powerful temptations is that of the cinema palace. The cinema has undoubtedly an enormous attraction for boys, and people are constantly cudgelling their brains how to stop it. But it is one of those things which would be very difficult to stop even if it were altogether desirable. Robert Baden-Powell Read Quote
A man who risks his life in shooting big game in order to secure good specimens for natural history collections, or to rid a district of a man-eater or other dangerous neighbor, is a sportsman in the true sense. Robert Baden-Powell Read Quote
The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts ‘Sign.’ Robert Baden-Powell Read Quote
