“Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys’ man he can see it, too.”

The object of the patrol method is not so much saving the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy.

We do not want to make Scout training too soft.

The boy is not governed by don’t, but is led by do.

Vigorous Scout games are the best form of physical education because most of them bring in moral education.

Scouting is a man’s job cut down to a boy’s size.

Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.

A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.

The Good Turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.

The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.

Scoutmasters need to enter into boys’ ambitions.

The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.

Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

A boy is not a sitting-down animal.

Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?

Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.