To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.
— Robert Baden-Powell
The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.
The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.
Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.
A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
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.
The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.
An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.
