Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

To get hold of your boys you must be their friend.

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.

The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system.

Your natural inclination is to preach and to warn other travellers of snags in the path, but isn't it better to signal to them some of the joys by the way which they might otherwise miss?

The patrol system leads each boy to see that he has some individual responsibility for the good of his patrol.