Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope.

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

Leave this world a little better than you found it.

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

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

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.

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