Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?
BADEN POWELL DE AQUINOBoys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys’ man he can see it, too.
More Baden Powell de Aquino Quotes
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The Scout Oath and Law are our binding disciplinary force.
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A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.
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The object of the patrol method is not so much saving the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy.
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Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?
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We do not want to make Scout training too soft.
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The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.
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The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.
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It’s the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.
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The Good Turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.
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Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy’s world.
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It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.
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A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.
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A boy is not a sitting-down animal.
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The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.
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Vigorous Scout games are the best form of physical education because most of them bring in moral education.
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