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-PowellSuccess in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
Robert Baden-PowellWe never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.
Robert Baden-PowellA Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
Robert Baden-PowellCommemorative stone in the floor of the Chapel of St. George in Westminster Abbey, London, dedicated in 1947: TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT Baden-Powell CHIEF SCOUT OF THE WORLD 1857-1941 Upon one side of the stone was the badge of the Boy Scouts, the arrow-head to point the true way as it had pointed the way for sailors and navigators from the time of the earliest maps; and on the other the badge of the Girl Guides-the three-leafed clover.
Robert Baden-Powell