As Sir Henry Newbolt sums it up: "The real test of success is whether a life has been a happy one and… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room. — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
From the boys' point of view, scouting puts them into fraternity-gangs, which is their natural organisation, whether for games, mischief, or loafing;… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
A man who risks his life in shooting big game in order to secure good specimens for natural history collections, or to… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
Life would pall if it were all sugar; salt is bitter if taken by itself; but when tasted as part of the… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
You may be rich, but there is one thing you can't afford - that is, if you are a good sort -… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
Football is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
Swimming has its educational value - mental, moral, and physical - in giving you a sense of mastery over an element, and… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
Football in itself is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
Possibly the best suggestion in condensed form, as to how to live, was given by my old Headmaster, Dr. Haig Brown, in… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
The first step to this end is to develop peace and goodwill within our borders, by training our youth of both sexes… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother... He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: (1)… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
“If you have ever seen the play Peter Pan you will remember how the pirate chief was always making his dying speech… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
It always seems to me so odd that when a man dies, he takes out with him all the knowledge that he has got… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself. — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks - that is, objects which help you to find your way or prevent you… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
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… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
In assisting his 'neighbour' every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout,… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
Commemorative stone in the floor of the Chapel of St. George in Westminster Abbey, London, dedicated in 1947: TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT Baden-Powell… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
One aim of the Boy Scouts scheme is to revive amongst us, if possible, some of the rules of the knights of old. — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative matter. — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share
