Robert Baden-Powell

"The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.... He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: He must have the boy spirit in him: and must be able to place himself in the right plane wi…"

"No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way."

"The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system."

"It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative matter."

"Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light. In the same time it is educative, and it is apt to benefit him that giveth as well as him…"

"I went and saw a lot of them at their daily practice of fencing with bamboo sticks and practicing jiu-jitsu to make themselves strong and active and good-tempered. I say good-tempered because it is ve…"

"Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure."

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