Robert Baden-Powell Quotes

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

I'd like to have stayed in the Scouts beyond the age of 12.

The Boy Scouts, of course, had an influence on me because I learned about service in the community.

What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities

Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

I was a Brownie Scout mother.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

I was a Girl Scout!

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

In some ways, being on the road is like summer camp. There's a camaraderie, but I'm also learning how to be more of a leader.

I was the world's worst Brownie and Girl Guide and I never did camping.

Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker.

I have over and over again explained that the purpose of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movement is to build men and women as citizens endowed with the three H's namely, Health, Happiness and Helpfulness. The man or woman who succeeds in developing these three attributes has secured the main steps to success this Life.

Girls Scouts taught me to succeed (cookie selling) and to fail (knot tying) and to learn and benefit from both.

Boy Scouts does very well in making Scouts aware of character and integrity and … virtues and incorporate [them] in their lives so that they carry themselves as [those] kind of [people] for the rest of their [lives].

All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you - sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously.

A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.

I think sports are extremely beneficial for our youth. They parallel life in so many ways.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

Taking part in these types of programs is crucial to our youth and crucial to the future of this game.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.