Our Favorite Quotes by Robert Baden-Powell

Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?" 

"We are not a club or a Sunday school class, but a school in the woods." 

"The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today." 

"In scouting you are combating the brooding of selfishness." 

"A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room." 

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

"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."

 "There is no teaching to compare with example." 

"The Good Turn will escalate the boy out of the groove of selfishness." 

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

"Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope." 

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