Robert Baden-Powell Quotes


Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have got and doing what you can for other people.


Citations

Baden-Powell, Robert. Rovering to Success. Herbert Jenkins, 1922.

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Robert Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell
  • Born: February 22, 1857
  • Died: January 8, 1941
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Soldier

Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, DL (/ˈbeɪdən ˈpoʊəl/ BAY-dən POH-əl; 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. Baden-Powell authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement.