Robert Baden-Powell Character Quotations

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."

Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.