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.
Robert Baden-PowellScouting 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.
Robert Baden-PowellThe more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
Robert Baden-PowellThe secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshellโin the clearness of the instructions they receive.
Robert Baden-PowellO God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.
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