22 Quotes by Robert Baden Powell

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

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.

Scouting is nothing less than applied Christianity.

The method of instruction in scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.

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

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

Living indoors without fresh air quickly poisons the blood and makes people feel tired and seedy when they don't know why. For myself, I sleep out of doors in winter as well as summer. I only feel tired or seedy when I have been indoors a lot. I only catch cold when I sleep in a room.

You may be rich, but there is one thing you can't afford - that is, if you are a good sort - you can't afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.

Almost any biography will have its useful suggestions for making life a success, but none better or more unfailing than the biography of Christ.