To get hold of your boys you must be their friend. Robert Baden-Powell More Quotes by Robert Baden-Powell More Quotes From Robert Baden-Powell I 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-Powell young-friends play friendship Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader. Robert Baden-Powell scouting wisdom leadership The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother... He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: (1) He must have the boy spirit in him: and must be able to place himself in the right plane with his boys as a first step. (2) He must realise the needs, outlooks and desires of the different ages of boy life. (3) He must deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass. (4) He then needs to promote a corporate spirit among his individuals to gain the best results. Robert Baden-Powell brother men boys If a man cannot make his point to keen boys in ten minutes, he ought to be shot! Robert Baden-Powell minutes men boys Mind you, I have had in my sojourn on earth as good a time of it as any man, so I can speak with some knowledge. A writer in the Manchester Guardian who is unknown to me lately described me as "the richest man in the world." That sounds a pretty big order, but when I come to think it out I believe he is not far wrong. A rich man is not necessarily a man with a whole pot of money but a man who is really happy. And I am that. Robert Baden-Powell time men believe It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative matter. Robert Baden-Powell scouting real matter See things from the boy's point of view. Robert Baden-Powell wisdom views boys Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope. Robert Baden-Powell loyalty wisdom character The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself. Robert Baden-Powell wisdom games boys As Sir Henry Newbolt sums it up: "The real test of success is whether a life has been a happy one and a happy giving one." Robert Baden-Powell real success life 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-Powell time character book After forming a cadet corps of boys for assisting as noncombatants during a military campaign in 1900: We then made the discovery that boys, when trusted and relied on, were just as capable and reliable as men. Robert Baden-Powell military men boys The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive. Robert Baden-Powell successful men lying It is called in our schools 'beastliness', and this is about the best name for it... should it become a habit it quickly destroys both health and spirits; he becomes feeble in body and mind, and often ends in a lunatic asylum. Robert Baden-Powell names mind school A man carries out suggestions the more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim. Robert Baden-Powell suggestions wisdom boys Football is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place, and to play the game, and these are the best of training for any game of life. Robert Baden-Powell games play football Possibly the best suggestion in condensed form, as to how to live, was given by my old Headmaster, Dr. Haig Brown, in 1904, when he wrote his Recipe for Old Age. A diet moderate and spare, Freedom from base financial care, Abundant work and little leisure, A love of duty more than pleasure, An even and contented mind In charity with all mankind, Some thoughts too sacred for display In the broad light of common day, A peaceful home, a loving wife, Children, who are a crown of life; These lengthen out the years of man Beyond the Psalmist's narrow span. Robert Baden-Powell peace life children Varied are the ideas of what constitutes "success," e.g. money, position, power, achievement, honours, and the like. But these are not open to every man-nor do they bring what is real success, namely, happiness. Robert Baden-Powell money real happiness "Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence. Robert Baden-Powell monkeys persistence men 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 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 girl time memories
