We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.
Robert Baden-PowellWhen you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
Robert Baden-PowellThe more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
Robert Baden-PowellI have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to.
Robert Baden-PowellAlways do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded them fool-like and paid, and paid; had I a son I'd hand 'em on and ram 'em home. What fools we be when young. We fancy we be wise, forgetting that the old boys have graduated in the 'varsity of the world, the greatest 'varsity of all, and each day we should learn from they.
Robert Baden-Powell