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

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

After forming a cadet corps of boys for assisting as noncombatants during a military campaign in 1900: We then made the discovery that boys, when trusted and relied on, were just as capable and reliable as men.

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

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.

In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: "What would Christ have done?" Then do it-as nearly as you can.

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