Robert Baden-Powell Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.”

“We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.”

“If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.”

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

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

“The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.”

“A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.”

“Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.”

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