C. F. Powell Quotes
Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die, they remain constant.
Self-pity is essentially humorless, devoid of that lightness of touch which gives understanding of life.
I am a bit different from the other sprinters because, I would say, I can run many different ways while the other guys they just came on and they can only run one way.
Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.
A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.
Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?
A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.
Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy's world.
It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.
When a boy finds someone who takes an interest in him, he responds and follows.
It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.
The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.
It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.
Journalists don't need a get-out-of-jail-free card, ... Instead we should be given more access to information.
My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.
I have found that leadership is leadership is leadership. It applies whether you are in government or in corporate life or in non-profit life.
One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any.
Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.
Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become great politicians.
Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?
People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people
There is no question about the fact that we had very serious disagreements with my German, French, and Russian colleagues over the Iraq war. But I never stopped talking.
Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.
