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> [The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/the-method-of-instruction-in-scouting-is-that-of-creating-in-the-boy/)

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## More by Robert Baden-Powell

> [It always seems to me so odd that when a man dies, he takes out with him all the knowledge that he has got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/it-always-seems-to-me-so-odd-that-when-a-man-dies-he-takes-out-with/)

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> [The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/the-method-of-instruction-in-scouting-is-that-of-creating-in-the-boy/)

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> [Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/correcting-bad-habits-cannot-be-done-by-forbidding-or-punishment/)

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> [If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks - that is, objects which help you to find your way or prevent you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/if-you-are-in-the-country-you-should-notice-landmarks-that-is-objects/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/young-men-of-course-don-t-want-to-be-guided-by-old-back-numbers-but/)

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> [No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/no-man-is-much-good-unless-he-believes-in-god-and-obeys-his-laws/)

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> [In assisting his 'neighbour' every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/in-assisting-his-neighbour-every-day-to-the-best-of-his-ability-and/)

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> [I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/i-believe-that-god-put-us-in-this-jolly-world-to-be-happy-and-enjoy/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/happiness-doesn-t-come-from-being-rich-nor-merely-from-being/)

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> [Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/juvenile-crime-is-not-naturally-born-in-the-boy-but-is-largely-due/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/commemorative-stone-in-the-floor-of-the-chapel-of-st-george-in/)

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> [One aim of the Boy Scouts scheme is to revive amongst us, if possible, some of the rules of the knights of old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/one-aim-of-the-boy-scouts-scheme-is-to-revive-amongst-us-if-possible/)

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> [The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/the-best-workers-like-the-happiest-livers-look-upon-their-work-as-a/)

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> [It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/it-is-the-patrol-system-that-makes-the-troop-and-all-scouting-for/)

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> [Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baden-powell/girls-should-be-brought-up-to-be-comrades-and-helpers-not-to-be-dolls/)

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