Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: "Use your common sense rather than book instructions."
Robert Baden-PowellIt is risky to order a boy not to do something; it immediately opens to him the adventure of doing it.
Robert Baden-PowellThe patrol system leads each boy to see that he has some individual responsibility for the good of his patrol.
Robert Baden-Powell