Scoutmasters Quotes

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

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Life, Trying, Achieving Happiness

  Robert Baden-Powell's letter, September 1940.

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• A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Circumstances, Scouting, Cub Scout

  Robert Baden-Powell (1918). “Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship”, p.45, Cedar Fort

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• 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, Boys, Men

  "Aids to Scoutmastership". Book by Robert Baden-Powell, 1919.

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• We must depend upon the Boy Scout Movement to produce the MEN of the future.

  Daniel Carter Beard

  Men, Boys, He Man

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

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Wisdom, Boys, Hygiene

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

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Wisdom, Boys, Games

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• A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Taken, Unexpected, Surprise

  Robert Baden-Powell, Elleke Boehmer (2005). “Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship”, p.20, Oxford University Press

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• He who Serves his fellows is, of all his fellows, greatest

  E. Urner Goodman

  Greatness, Good Man, Community Service

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

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Wisdom, Done, Want

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• The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Hunting, Earning

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• The object of the patrol method is not so much saving the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Responsibility, Boys

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• Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children's schools, or as boarders in their home. They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive.

  Antonin Scalia

  Teacher, Children, Believe

  Antonin Scalia (2016). “Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents”, p.174, Regnery Publishing

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• Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Dirty, Adventure

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

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Wisdom, Responsibility, Giving

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• Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Doors, Needs

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• Scoutmasters deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Boys, Individual

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• The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Brother, Boys

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• Scoutmasters need to enter into boys' ambitions.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Ambition, Boys

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• A western buckaroo, I share his scorn for people who go camping by the book, relying on the authority of some half-assed assistant scoutmaster whose total experience outdoors probably consists of two overnight hikes and a weekend in the Catskills. But we have just had that confrontation. The one who goes by Pritchard's book is Sid's wife, and I am wary. It is not my expedition. I am a guest here.

  Wallace Stegner

  Book, Weekend, Two

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