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Robert Baden-Powell
English Soldier
Born: Feb 22, 1857
Died: Jan 8, 1941
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The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others. Robert Baden-Powell
Happiness Try Others Put Most Lives Thing
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 yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man. Robert Baden-Powell
Happiness Life You Man Yourself Strong Enjoy Life Healthy Rich Being Rich Enjoy Step Merely Towards Come Make Boy Nor Being While Successful Your Useful Career
Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best. Robert Baden-Powell
Time Best You Happy World Better Try Feeling Rate Leave Than Die Any Done Little Turn Your Found Wasted
Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise. Robert Baden-Powell
Accident Thinking Out Must Be Prepared Emergency Previous Never He Taken Himself Practicing How Surprise Motto Scout Any Meaning Meaning Of Act Prepare Prepared
A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens. Robert Baden-Powell
Exactly Exactly What Never He Taken Knows Surprise Scout Unexpected Anything Happens
My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life - that is, to be happy. Robert Baden-Powell
Life Be Happy Happy People World Enjoy Life Beauty Enjoy Other Ability Able Some Cases Through Put Developing Instead Taking Also Were Hand Wonders Being Them Help Special Fun Belief Appreciate
Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one. Robert Baden-Powell
Beautiful God Best Nature You Wonderful World Will Made Enjoy Side Instead Study Look Make Gloomy Contented Got How Wonderful Things Full Show Bright Things
If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk. Robert Baden-Powell
You Listening Will More Observation Talk Make Occupation Than Gain Much Your
The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light. Robert Baden-Powell
Light Every Spirit Brought Boy Discovered
One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second. Robert Baden-Powell
Obedience Obey First Own Must He Put First Place His Scout Authority Duties Orders Place Second Desires Amusement
The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country. Robert Baden-Powell
Class Country Differences Brotherhood Adopted Since Makes Covers Up Uniform Universally
There are thousands of boys being wasted daily to our country through being left to become characterless, and, therefore, useless wasters, a misery to themselves and an eyesore and a danger to the nation. They could be saved if only the right surroundings or environment were given to them at the receptive time of their lives. Robert Baden-Powell
Time Daily Country Become Nation Saved Our Danger Thousands Given Only Could Through Misery Environment Boy Were Left Surroundings Being Them Themselves Useless Therefore Lives Wasted Right Receptive
Scouting is nothing less than applied Christianity. Robert Baden-Powell
Nothing Christianity Than Scouting Less Applied
Life would pall if it were all sugar; salt is bitter if taken by itself; but when tasted as part of the dish, it savours the meat. Difficulties are the salt of life. Robert Baden-Powell
Life Salt Sugar Difficulties Bitter Would Part Taken Were Itself Tasted Dish Meat
Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don't recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp. Robert Baden-Powell
Happiness Happy People Few Rich Believe Everyone Recognize Reach Majority Within Few People Poor Reason Grasp Even Comparatively
Erudition - that is, reading, writing, and arithmetic - is taught in the schools; but where is the more important quality, character, taught? Nowhere in particular. There is no authorized training for children in character. Robert Baden-Powell
Character Quality Writing Training Important Reading More Arithmetic Particular Schools Erudition Authorized Taught Where Children Nowhere
An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. Robert Baden-Powell
Character Training Responsibility Individual Step Put
The knowledge that we have brother scouts working in the same uniform, to the same ends, in the same way, in all corners of the Empire, cannot but make scouts proud of their brotherhood, and cannot fail to bring them into closer sympathy. Robert Baden-Powell
Knowledge Sympathy Corners Way Brother Brotherhood Fail Empire Make Proud Scouts Same Closer Ends Cannot Them Uniform Working Bring
The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself. Robert Baden-Powell
Instruction Himself Learn Boy Method Scouting Creating Desire
Scoutcraft is a means through which the veriest hooligan can be brought to higher thought and to the elements of faith in God; and, coupled with the Scout's obligation to do a good turn every day, it gives the base of Duty to God and to Neighbour on which the parent or pastor can build with greater ease the form of belief that is desired. Robert Baden-Powell
God Faith Good Day Every Day Obligation Thought Build Duty Every Ease Neighbour Brought Parent Gives Higher Through Coupled Greater Pastor Scout Form Which Turn Means Base Belief Elements Desired
No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws. Robert Baden-Powell
God Good Man Unless Laws He His Much Believes
If you make yourself indispensable to your employer, he is not going to part with you in a hurry no matter what it costs him. Robert Baden-Powell
You Yourself Matter Hurry Costs Indispensable He Part Employer Make Him Going Your
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself. Robert Baden-Powell
Game Himself Boy Doing Teaches Play
The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts 'Sign.' Robert Baden-Powell
Success Small Things Natural Signs Sign Detail Detectives Small Never Smallest Most Escape Owe Scouts Them Successful Noticing Things
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim. Robert Baden-Powell
Aim Out Carries More He Boy Understands Wholeheartedly Suggestions
Football in itself 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 'play the game,' and these are the best of training for any game of life. Robert Baden-Powell
Life Best Good Game Training Temper Morally Physically Unselfishness Football He Developing Also Learns His Itself Any Lad Grand Place Play
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