If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

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

O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother... He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: (1) He must have the boy spirit in him: and must be able to place himself in the right plane with his boys as a first step. (2) He must realise the needs, outlooks and desires of the different ages of boy life. (3) He must deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass. (4) He then needs to promote a corporate spirit among his individuals to gain the best results.

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.