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A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.


Robert Baden-Powell

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A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking ou...
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SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.
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JUAN PABLO DI PACE This is a nice surprise, but we've been through this before, ... God knows the odds seem to favor a ...
LARRY RICE There are times I'm off mechanically and he knows exactly what to do. He helped me a lot last season...
DERRICK TURNBOW I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.
ANNE BRONTë He obviously made quite a few big plays on the run here and sitting next to him in the meetings, I c...
CHAD BROWN He seems like a very quiet, confident veteran. It's hard coming to a new clubhouse. He knows exactly...
NED YOST With John, there's no fuss. He knows exactly what he wants to do. And it's the same with Gwyneth.
JOHN MADDEN The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall. A person is defined...
CLAY AIKEN When that kind of stuff happens, especially when you've never had anything, you don't really even kn...
ALBERT JR When that kind of stuff happens, especially when you've never had anything, you don't really even kn...
ALBERT HAMMOND JR When he's exactly sure what to do, he can do it. When he's uncertain, he gets tentative.
BILL PARCELLS This was a surprise. But I tell our guys to expect the unexpected ... When you come to grips with ho...
BARRY TROTZ You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
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ALAIN PERRIN Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.
NORTON JUSTER "THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH" Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.
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P. Z. PEARCE Nobody knows exactly what he's capable of until he tries!
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GERMANY KENT In the London production, Powell was represented much more, if you like, as a hero. I admire him as ...
DAVID HARE In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.
JOHN PENTLAND MAHAFFY The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception...
SAM HARRIS Writing is a journey of discovery because until you start, you never know what will happen, and you ...
MINI GREY Providence is a fundamentally sound team. Coach Jim Martin was here to scout us. He probably didn't ...
AL CARTER He knows exactly what he's doing, even when he seems laid-back. He's a fun, relaxed guy who likes to...
MATT DUFFY Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he...
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SAVIELLY GRIGORIEVITCH TARTAKOWER Lately he's taken the bull by the horns and done it himself when things aren't going well. That's ex...
TROY SCHIRMER He's out there to listen, out there to throw the ball and do what he needs to do. When he speaks up ...
ADAM DAVIS This really has taken me by surprise.
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ASHLY LORENZANA I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey...
EDDIE MURPHY My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eigh...
LEE TREVINO The unexpected always happens
PROVERB He's acting like nothing happened. I don't think he even knows exactly what he did.
ISADORA COCCO I would have to ask him how he knows anything about these topics when he has never attended a meetin...
KATIE MURPHY Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
EDGAR DEGAS Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things
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DENNIS KOEHLER “A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”
CARLOS CASTANEDA “A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”
CARLOS CASTANEDA We did not know that he was making this trip to the Middle East. It's taken the family by surprise.
ED SCHULZ He was fine over the weekend. He was fine when he left on Monday morning to go to the office. He wen...
JANE POWER It is no surprise that they like to get outside. Getting out there to make a play is what we have be...
GEORGE HALL I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Ca...
EDDIE MURPHY One will never again look at a birch tree, after the Robert Frost poem, in exactly the same way.
PAUL MULDOON He just seems to have a knack to know what to do in certain situations. He knows how to handle certa...
REGGIE HAYWARD Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
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ALEXANDER BELL What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a m...
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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MIKE HOLMGREN Louis was going to surprise a lot of people, but he wasn't going to surprise us. What he did in that...
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SOTONYE ANGA A person who knows exactly how much everything costs in this world is one who can’t afford anythin...
VIKRANT PARSAI Bacon is a really good-looking kid who can do a lot of nice things. There's a lot of good about Powe...
CHARLIE COE Having him around is so much fun. He knows exactly how to help you, no matter what you are strugglin...
ASHLEY ROBISON Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
CHARLES DE GAULLE I love what I saw, especially (Tuesday). The biggest key is just making the cut. If he can make the ...
PUGGY BLACKMON Everywhere you went, he was there. He did exactly what a big man is supposed to do.
JEFF GRANGER The thing about Billy is that he knows what his role is and he doesn't try to do anything outside of...
ANTONIO DANIELS When you are not sure what to do, take action. You will quickly find out.
JEFFREY FRY That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doi...
V. S. NAIPAUL No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.
ANNE BRONTë Eliza got (to the final four) as people's pawns, not as a prominent player, ... Scout is strictly th...
JULIE BERRY Everyone knows exactly what their job is. It's like clockwork.
ANITA SANTIAGO It's like he knew exactly what to do.
CARLA KELLY this is what happens to people when they spend their entire life inside books + never come out: real...
GARTH RISK HALLBERG A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes
MARK TWAIN When is there a boy, even in these materialistic times, to whom the call of the wild and the open ro...
BADEN-POWELL ROBERT BADEN-POWELL When a person knows and can't
make the others understand, what does he do?
CARSON MCCULLERS All of the situations we encountered, we'd anticipated because of all the testing and rehearsals we ...
PATRICK ADIBA If you're confused about what to do,
it's a sign that your enemy is winning.
TOBA BETA Maxim 18:
If the officers are leading from in front, watch out for an attack from the rear. HOWARD TAYLER When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same toke...
LAUREN BACALL A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.
MEGIDDO MESSAGE ... the divine knowing - what the Father knows, and what the Word says in response to that knowing, ...
ROBERT FARRAR CAPON A man is well educated when he knows where to find what he doesn’t know.
GEORG SIMMEL He knows what he has to do. He just has to do it.
DON SLAUGHT What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love...
MAX LUCADO But coach Gallagher is going to do what he wants to do. He is a good coach, no matter what sport it ...
CORY LEMPKA In politics the unexpected happens
MARGARET THATCHER A first-rate Organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin...
ARNOLD BENNETT We're always planning things, but exactly what the administration and trustees will approve, one nev...
JON HLAFTER Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfac...
JOHANN VON GOETHE I try to expect the worst, but even when the worst happens, it still feels so unexpected.
STEVEN MONACO A lot of people now know who he is. He knows what it takes to do well.
BOB BENINCASA That's what he does. He came in here and did exactly what he had to do.
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ANTHONY POWELL Self-love seems so often unrequited.
ANTHONY POWELL But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean l...
COLIN POWELL Slowly, but very deliberately, the brooding edifice of seduction, creaking and incongruous, came int...
ANTHONY POWELL Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforti...
COLIN POWELL Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process i...
ANTHONY POWELL Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take...
E.P. POWELL He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained fai...
ANTHONY POWELL Communication works for those who work at it.
JOHN POWELL By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world t...
JOHN POWELL Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough
COLIN POWELL Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
COLIN POWELL Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories o...
COLIN POWELL What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
ELEANOR POWELL More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.
JOHN POWELL There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failu...
COLIN POWELL Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.
COLIN POWELL We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that wou...
COLIN POWELL Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousan...
WILLIAM POWELL Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approac...
COLIN POWELL Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
COLIN POWELL A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
COLIN POWELL Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you hav...
COLIN POWELL Maybe strong leaders are not quite as alluring as we think, and we should celebrate the fact that ou...
JONATHAN POWELL Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used...
LUCY POWELL In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade e...
LUCY POWELL The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, ...
COLIN POWELL It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a p...
COLIN POWELL Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they ...
DAWN POWELL I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winni...
COLIN POWELL When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be ...
COLIN POWELL But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you&#...
COLIN POWELL In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a no...
COLIN POWELL If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity wit...
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