Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

Yet one more item is needed to complete success, and that is the rendering of service to others in the community. Without this the mere satisfaction of selfish desire does not reach the top notch.

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

Make good scouts of yourselves, become good rifle shots so that if it becomes necessary that you defend your families and your country that you can do it.

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

Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: "Use your common sense rather than book instructions."

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