An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
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Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor 'My boy, never ...' I won't set 'em down. I disregarded them fool-like and paid, and paid had I a son I'd hand 'em on and ram 'em home. What fools we be when young. We fancy we be wise, forgetting that the old boys have graduated in the 'varsity of the world, the greatest 'varsity of all, and each day we should learn from they.Robert Baden-Powell
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
To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.
Robert Baden-Powell
Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.
Robert Baden-Powell
Varied are the ideas of what constitutes 'success,' e.g. money, position, power, achievement, honours, and the like. But these are not open to every mannor do they bring what is real success, namely, happiness.
Robert Baden-Powell
Yet one more item is needed to complete success, and that is the rendering of service to others in the community. Without this the mere satisfaction of selfish desire does not reach the top notch.
Robert Baden-Powell
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