In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

A man carries out suggestions the more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

It is called in our schools 'beastliness', and this is about the best name for it... should it become a habit it quickly destroys both health and spirits; he becomes feeble in body and mind, and often ends in a lunatic asylum.

I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to.

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.

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.