Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?
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More Baden Powell de Aquino Quotes
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It is only when you know a boy’s environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.
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Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.
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We must change boys from a ‘what can I get’ to a ‘what can I give’ attitude.
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A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.
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Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy’s world.
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A boy on joining wants to begin Scouting right away.
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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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It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.
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The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.
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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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It’s the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.
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You can only get discipline in the mass by discipline in the individual.
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The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.
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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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We are not a club or a Sunday school class, but a school of the woods.
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