The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

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."

Sunday is a day of rest. Loafing is not rest.

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.

A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.