It’s the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.
BADEN POWELL DE AQUINOTeach Scouts not how to get a living, but how to live.
More Baden Powell de Aquino Quotes
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It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.
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Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.
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Scouting is a man’s job cut down to a boy’s size.
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Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy’s world.
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The boy is not governed by don’t, but is led by do.
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The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.
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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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Scoutmasters deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass.
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The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today.
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A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.
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Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys’ man he can see it, too.
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The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.
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Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.
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The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.
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We do not want to make Scout training too soft.
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