Scouting quotes

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◆ I'm prob the best little sister ever...I'm always scouting potential husbands for my big sister.

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◆ In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.

- Sir Robert Baden-Powell99

◆ 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.

- Sir Robert Baden-Powell99

◆ You look like a talent scout for a cemetery.

- Henny Youngman99

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

- Robert Powell99

◆ Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.

- Juliette G Low99

◆ The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

- Robert Baden-Powell99

◆ The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

- Robert Baden-Powell99

◆ The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

- Doris Day99

◆ As a Scout, you are the guardian of the woods. A Scout never damages a tree by hacking it with his knife or axe. It does not take long to fell a tree, but it takes many years to grow one, so a Scout cuts down a tree for a good reason only, not just for the sake of using his axe. For every tree felled, two should be planted.

- Lord Baden Powell99

◆ The open-air is the real objective of Scouting and the key to its success.

- Lord Baden Powell99

◆ When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

- Robert Powell99

◆ A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

- Robert Powell99

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

- Robert Powell99

◆ Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

- Robert Powell99