Quotes from Robert Baden-Powell

If God made the boy a creature of extreme and restless energy, with an inquisitive and eager mind, a sensitive little heart, and a romantic imagination, it is up to you (Cub leaders) to make full use of these insted of crushing them.

Tyhle kapitoly vás zklamou, pokud si myslíte, že v nich najdete úplný a p?esný návod, jak vést skautský oddíl. Cht?l bych tu jen ukázat a nabídnout základní sm?r cesty k úsp?chu a zd?vodnit jej.

Když se snažíme vychovat z chlapc? dobré lidi, d?láme to ?áste?n? pro dobro své zem?.

Kdyby rybá? napichoval na há?ek jako návnadu n?co, co chutná jemu, asi by na to moc ryb nechytil. Proto užívá jako návnadu to, co chutná rybám. S chlapci je to stejné. Kdybyste jim kázali o tom, co sami považujete za po- vznášející, nechytili byste je.

James E. Russell z u?itelské koleje Kolumbijské univerzity ve státu New York. Napsal: "Skautský program je záležitost muž? upravená pro pot?eby kluk?. Chlapce p?itahuje ne proto, že je chlapec, ale proto, že v n?m m?že jednat jako skute?ný muž...

Ukažte mi nedbale krojovaný oddíl a já "vypátrám", že ani jeho v?dce nemá kroj v po?ádku. Myslete na to, až se budete do kroje oblékat! Dáváte svým chlapc?m p?íklad a pokud budete mít kroj p?kn? upravený, od- razí se to i na vašich skautech.

Tisíce chlapc? ztrácíme každý den tím, že je necháváme vyr?stat v bezcharakterní, neužite?né lidi. Mnozí z nich by mohli být zachrán?ni, kdyby vyr?stali v dobrém prost?edí a v dobrých podmínkách práv? v tom životním období, kdy jsou vnímaví a schopní zm?ny.

Watch that lad going down the street, his eyes are looking far out. Is his vision across the prairie or over the grey-backed seas? At any rate, it isn't here. Don't I know it!

As Sir Henry Newbolt sums it up: "The real test of success is whether a life has been a happy one and a happy giving one."

The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.

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.

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

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.

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

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.

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.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don't recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

All Scouts should know about St. George. St. George is the Patron Saint of England; he is also the Patron Saint of cavalry in all countries, and therefore Patron Saint of Scouts.

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.

Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life - that is, to be happy.

True Scouts are the best friends of animals, for from living in the woods and wilds, and practising observation and tracking, they get to know more than other people about the ways and habits of birds and animals, and therefore they understand them and are more in sympathy with them.

One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place.