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

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.

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

It is risky to order a boy not to do something; it immediately opens to him the adventure of doing it.

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

Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: "What would Christ have done?" Then do it-as nearly as you can.