After forming a cadet corps of boys for assisting as noncombatants during a military campaign in 1900: We then made the discovery that boys, when trusted and relied on, were just as capable and reliable as men.

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

Sunday is a day of rest. Loafing is not rest.

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

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

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

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.