We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

See things from the boy's point of view.

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.

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

Football is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place, and to play the game, and these are the best of training for any game of life.

If a man cannot make his point to keen boys in ten minutes, he ought to be shot!

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.