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Wisdom Quotes by Robert Baden-Powell
- Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
- Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.
- When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
- An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
- See things from the boy's point of view.
- A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
- The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
- The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
- O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.
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