Quotes from Baden Powell de Aquino

It's the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.

The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.

A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.

The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.

Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.

The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.

Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy's world.

Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.

Scoutmasters need to enter into boys' ambitions.

Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.

A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.

We must change boys from a 'what can I get' to a 'what can I give' attitude.