Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

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

The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother... He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: (1) He must have the boy spirit in him: and must be able to place himself in the right plane with his boys as a first step. (2) He must realise the needs, outlooks and desires of the different ages of boy life. (3) He must deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass. (4) He then needs to promote a corporate spirit among his individuals to gain the best results.

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?

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

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

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.