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We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.
Robert Baden-Powell
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Robert Baden-Powell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1857
Born: February 22
Died: 1941
Died: January 8
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Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: Use your common sense rather than book instructions.
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I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to play polo with him i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to.
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The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system.
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In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: What would Christ have done? Then do it-as nearly as you can.
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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.
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Almost any biography will have its useful suggestions for making life a success, but none better or more unfailing than the biography of Christ.
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The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.
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