Baden Powell Quotes
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You can only get discipline in the mass by discipline in the individual.
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Teach Scouts not how to get a living, but how to live.
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A boy is not a sitting-down animal.
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We do not want to make Scout training too soft.
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It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.
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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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A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.
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The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today.
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The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.
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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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A boy on joining wants to begin Scouting right away.
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Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.
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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 most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.
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Scouting is a man's job cut down to a boy's size.
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The Scout Oath and Law are our binding disciplinary force.
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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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A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.
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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 must change boys from a 'what can I get' to a 'what can I give' attitude.
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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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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.