If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Quote by Robert Baden-Powell

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Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

See things from the boy's point of view.

See things from the boy's point of view.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we...

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we...

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by...

Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by...

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of...

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of...

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.

To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for...

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for...

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to...

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to...

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual...

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual...

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...