The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share in the welfare of the nation.

Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best

A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room.

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

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?