Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous

The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain. The principles of Scouting give you a sense of what's important. I feel I owe the Boy Scouts a great deal, both personally and professionally.

Give to another human being without the expectation of a return.

We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely shape events. Our long-term interests must be in people and in the values of democracy and individual liberty.

Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.