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Famous Baden Powell de Aquino Quotes
“A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.”
“Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.”
“Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?”
“It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.”
“We are not a club or a Sunday school class, but a school of the woods.”
“Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy's world.”
“A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.”
“A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.”
“We must change boys from a 'what can I get' to a 'what can I give' attitude.”
“The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today.”
“Scoutmasters deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass.”
“Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?”
“It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.”
“It's the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.”
“You can only get discipline in the mass by discipline in the individual.”
“The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.”
“The Scout Oath and Law are our binding disciplinary force.”
“When a boy finds someone who takes an interest in him, he responds and follows.”
“It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.”
“The Good Turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.”
“The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.”
“The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.”
“The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.”