Robert Baden-Powell citáty

„Věc, která se nejvíce vyplatí, je snažit se vnést štěstí do života druhých.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Pokusme se zanechat tento svět o trochu lepším, než jaký byl, když jsme na něj přišli.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Život i člun řiď sobě sám.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Zanechejme tento svět o něco lepší, než jaký byl, když jsme na něj přišli.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Skauting odtržený od reality je holý nesmysl.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Skoro každý hlupák umí rozkazovat a může ostatní přinutit, aby jeho příkazy poslouchali, pokud má za sebou dostatečnou moc k jejich potrestání v případě, že ho odmítnou uposlechnout. Něco docela jiného je vést. Strhnout ostatní tak, aby vás následovali, dá opravdu velkou práci.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Ti, kteří nejsou pamětliví minulosti jsou odsouzeni zopakovat si ji včetně všech předchozích léček a omylů.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Skauting může být klíčem k nové výchovné metodě, k tomu, jak zaujmout mládež. Tisíce a statisíce mladých lidí! Bude to druh bratrství bez rozdílu původu, rasy a vyznání, bohatství i chudoby.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Skauting je hra, a je to hra o velikou sázku.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Tajemství úspěšné práce, kterou odvedou tebou vytrénovaní muži závisí na jednom - v jasnosti instrukcí, které dostávají.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Buď připraven.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

Originál: (en) Be Prepared.

„If it were not for the depressing heat and the urgency of the work, one could sit down and laugh to tears at the absurdity of the thing, and under the circumstances it is a little wearing. But our motto is the old west coast proverb,; in other words, don't flurry; patience gains the day.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„Leave this world a little better than you found it.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

Baden-Powell's Last Message (1941)

„The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

Letter (September 1940)

„If you have ever seen the play Peter Pan you will remember how the pirate chief was always making his dying speech because he was afraid that possibly when the time came for him to die he might not have time to get it off his chest. It is much the same with me, and so, although I am not at this moment dying, I shall be doing so one of these days and I want to send you a parting word of goodbye.

Remember, it is the last you will ever hear from me, so think it over.

I have had a most happy life and I want each one of you to have as happy a life too.

I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so can enjoy life when you are a man.

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn come to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. "Be Prepared" in this way, to live happy and to die happy - stick to your Scout promise always - even after you have ceased to be a boy - and God help you do it.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

„we aim for the practice of Christianity in their everyday life and dealings, and not merely the profession of its theology on Sundays.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

Zdroj: Robert Baden-Powell: Scouting for Boys, The Original

„Boy Scout is not merely to give you fun and adventure but that, like the backwoodsmen, explorers, and frontiersmen whom you are following, you will be fitting yourself to help your country and to be of service to other people who may be in need of help. That is what the best men are out to do.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

Zdroj: Robert Baden-Powell: Scouting for Boys, The Original

„Be Prepared in Mind by having disciplined yourself to be obedient to every order, and also by having thought out beforehand any accident or situation that might occur, so that you know the right thing to do at the right moment, and are willing to do it.

Be Prepared in Body by making yourself strong and active and able to do the right thing at the right moment, and do it.“

—  Robert Baden-Powell

Zdroj: Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship