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

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

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

Scoutmasters deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass.

We are not a club or a Sunday school class, but a school of the woods.

A boy on joining wants to begin Scouting right away.

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