These scout quotes will inspire you. Scout to observe in order to obtain information or evaluate or a soldier or other person sent out ahead of the main force so as to gather information about the enemy’s position, strength, or movements.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging scout quotes, scout sayings, and scout proverbs.
Best Scout Quotes
- “What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities” ~ Bear Grylls
- “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.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys’ man he can see it, too.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.” ~ Ezra Taft Benson
- “In Scouting you are combating the brooding of selfishness.” ~ Unknown
- “The object of the patrol method is not so much saving the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “Scouting is a man’s job cut down to a boy’s size.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative matter.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “My purpose… to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy.” ~ Juliette Gordon Low
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“Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.” ~ Juliette Gordon Low
- “The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain. The principles of Scouting give you a sense of what’s important. I feel I owe the Boy Scouts a great deal, both personally and professionally.” ~ Bill Bradley , Boy scout quotes
- “The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “Scoutmasters deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“A boy on joining wants to begin Scouting right away.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster’s own personal example.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
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“Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I’ll show you a poorly uniformed leader.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “When you want a thing done, ‘Don’t do it yourself’ is a good motto for Scoutmasters.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “See things from the boy’s point of view.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
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“A man carries out suggestions the more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
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“It’s the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “We must change boys from a ‘what can I get’ to a ‘what can I give’ attitude.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “The Good Turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“The boy is not governed by don’t, but is led by do.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
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“A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.” ~ Robert Baden-Powell
- “I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn’t know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.” ~ Lloyd Bentsen
- “I strongly believe in Scouting. … It’s a source of great strength to us.” ~ John F. Kennedy
- “The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“Teach Scouts not how to get a living, but how to live.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “Scouting is a Game with a Purpose” ~ William Hillcourt
- “A boy is not a sitting-down animal.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “The Scout Oath and Law are our binding disciplinary force.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“It is only when you know a boy’s environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “Scouting exposes young men to people and experiences that encourage and nurture positive moral values. But we mustn’t take Scouting for granted. You can do nothing more important for young people today than to continue, or begin, your support of Scouting. I have never met anyone with devoted Scouting experience who was not a solid citizen, a loyal friend, and a patriot. We need more of them.” ~ Wallace G. Wilkinson
- “Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “We do not want to make Scout training too soft.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“When a boy finds someone who takes an interest in him, he responds and follows.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “Vigorous Scout games are the best form of physical education because most of them bring in moral education.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “We are not a club or a Sunday school class, but a school of the woods.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy’s world.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “You can only get discipline in the mass by discipline in the individual.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “External scouting is of limited value if it’s not teamed with rigorous self- examination. Successful coaches or managers have learned the value of utilizing an outside opinion to give them a fresh look at their personnel. This unbiased view provides an even greater insight, which in turn helps the coach develop flexibility within the team.” ~ Don Yaeger
- “A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
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“Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.” ~ Bear Grylls
- “The assistants in France are not like they are in the States. Assistants are much more close to the film directors, and they used to have a kind of very artistic task. They used to do the casting, scouting, and so forth.” ~ Costa-Gavras
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“Scoutmasters need to enter into boys’ ambitions.” ~ Baden Powell de Aquino
- “Knowing your opponent is a crucial part of emulating and defeating that opponent. But scouting is only the first step. Too many leaders spend countless hours studying an opponent’s every move in the search for an edge. The Great Teams understand not only how to scout but also how to exploit the weaknesses of a competitor. These teams analyze every perspective and option and position themselves to take full advantage of any knowledge gained about an opponent.” ~ Don Yaeger
