"Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing."

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: "Use your common sense rather than book instructions."

Varied are the ideas of what constitutes "success," e.g. money, position, power, achievement, honours, and the like. But these are not open to every man-nor do they bring what is real success, namely, happiness.

Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have got and doing what you can for other people.

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