See things from the boy's point of view.

The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.

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

Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

"Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.

A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.