See things from the boy's point of view.
More Quotes from Robert Baden-Powell:
I have known lots of millionaires who were not happy men they had not got all they wanted and therefore had failed to find success in life. A Singalese proverb says 'He who is happy is rich, but it does not follow that he who is rich is happy.' The really rich man is the man who has fewest wants.Robert Baden-Powell
The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
Robert Baden-Powell
For these difficulties I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick.
Robert Baden-Powell
Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said 'Use your common sense rather than book instructions.'
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
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