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

The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.

When a boy finds someone who takes an interest in him, he responds and follows.

The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today.

A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.

We must change boys from a ‘what can I get’ to a ‘what can I give’ attitude.

The Scout Oath and Law are our binding disciplinary force.

A boy on joining wants to begin Scouting right away.

Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy’s world.

It’s the spirit within, not the veneer without, that makes a man.

Teach Scouts not how to get a living, but how to live.

It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.

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.