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Robert Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, DL (/ˈbeɪdən ˈpoʊəl/ BAY-dən POH-əl; 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, author of Scouting for Boys which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement, founder and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association and founder of the Girl Guides.

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After forming a cadet corps of boys for assisting as noncombatants during a military campaign in 1900: We then made the discovery that boys, when trusted and relied on, were just as capable and reliable as men.

Boys, Campaign, Men, Military, Noncombatants, Relied

Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share in the welfare of the nation.

Brought, Dolls, Girl, Girls, Real

To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.

Boys, Friend, Hold, Holding On, Wisdom

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

Done, Good, Scoutmasters, Thing, Want, Wisdom

"Be Prepared. " "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing. "

Old Things, Fundraising, Be Prepared, Thing, Old, Prepared

Your natural inclination is to preach and to warn other travellers of snags in the path, but isn't it better to signal to them some of the joys by the way which they might otherwise miss?

Joy, Might, Missing, Natural, Path, Travellers

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

Character, Individual, Responsibility, Wisdom

Yet one more item is needed to complete success, and that is the rendering of service to others in the community. Without this the mere satisfaction of selfish desire does not reach the top notch.

Community, Reach, Rendering, Selfish, Success

Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope.

Character, Feature, Hope, Loyalty, Wisdom

Football is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place, and to play the game, and these are the best of training for any game of life.

Football, Games, Play, Lad, Morally, Unselfishness

If a man cannot make his point to keen boys in ten minutes, he ought to be shot!

Boys, Keen, Men, Minutes, Ought, Point

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, Winning, Helping, Win, Good, Thou

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

Leadership, Poorly, Show Me, Troop, Uniformed, Wisdom

No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.

Country, Finding, Life, Often Is, Pass

Mind you, I have had in my sojourn on earth as good a time of it as any man, so I can speak with some knowledge. A writer in the Manchester Guardian who is unknown to me lately described me as "the richest man in the world. " That sounds a pretty big order, but when I come to think it out I believe he is not far wrong. A rich man is not necessarily a man with a whole pot of money but a man who is really happy. And I am that.

Believe, Happy, Men, Sojourn, Time, Whole

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

Country, Class, Differences

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

Boys, Depends, Example, Hygiene, Largely, Wisdom

Make good scouts of yourselves, become good rifle shots so that if it becomes necessary that you defend your families and your country that you can do it.

Become, Country, Gun, Necessary, Rifles, Scouts

The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother. . . . He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: (1) He must have the boy spirit in him: and must be able to place himself in the right plane with his boys as a first step. (2) He must realise the needs, outlooks and desires of the different ages of boy life. (3) He must deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass. (4) He then needs to promote a corporate spirit among his individuals to gain the best results.

Ages, Boys, Brother, Gain, Men

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

Gain, Inspirational, Listening, Make, Marketing, Talk

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