(344 quotes found)
“In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.”
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
“A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.”
“The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.”
“The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.”
“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.”
“If you're a Boy Scout on Mars with a compass, you're lost.”
Jack Connerney
“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.”
Ted Stevens
“I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.”
Carl Barks
“If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
Atticus Finch
“My scouting report on myself is: 'Can be great. Needs to get better overall.'”
Roy Williams
