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.

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

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

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.

Look wide, and even when you think you are looking wide - look wider still.

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.