FastSaying

Apart from the fact that any hardy exercise conduces much to the training and formation of a soldier, pig-sticking tends to give a man what is called a 'stalker's eye,' but which, par excellence, is the soldier's eye.

Robert Baden-Powell

Robert Baden-Powell

AnyApartExcellenceExerciseEyeFactFormationGiveHardyManMuchParSoldierTendsTrainingWhich

Related Quotes

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
— Robert Baden-Powell
CharacterIndividualPut
Football in itself is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place and 'play the game,' and these are the best of training for any game of life.
— Robert Baden-Powell
AlsoAnyBest
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
— Robert Baden-Powell
BoyDependsExample
Erudition - that is, reading, writing, and arithmetic - is taught in the schools; but where is the more important quality, character, taught? Nowhere in particular. There is no authorized training for children in character.
— Robert Baden-Powell
ArithmeticAuthorizedCharacter
If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.
— Robert Baden-Powell
GainListeningMake