Quotes to Ponder: Lord Baden-Powell

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  • 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 spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.
  • The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
  • Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

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

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell or Lord Baden-Powell was a lieutenant-general in the British Army a writer and most notably the founder of the Scout Movement.

Comments

debasis said…
yes Scout is the contribution of Powel to the world.I think it exists in each and every country
June 17, 2009 at 5:44 AM
footiam said…
There is a scout movement in the schools here where I am living.
June 18, 2009 at 6:43 AM
debasis said…
here also but girls are called guides and boys are called scouts
June 20, 2009 at 6:45 AM
footiam said…
same thing here. I supposed that's because my country like yours was under British rule once.
June 25, 2009 at 12:22 AM
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