Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have got and doing what you can for other people.

Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light. In the same time it is educative, and (like Mercy) it is apt to benefit him that giveth as well as him that receives.

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

Leave this world a little better than you found it.

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?

Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.

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