Robert Baden-Powell Quotes

Robert Baden-Powell — English Soldier born on February 22, 1857, died on January 08, 1941

Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM GCMG GCVO KCB, also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder of the Scout Movement and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association... (wikipedia)

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.

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

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

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.