It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear..

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

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

You can only get discipline in the mass by discipline in the individual..

The Scout Oath and Law are our binding disciplinary force..

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

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

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

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

A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys..

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

We are not a club or a Sunday school class, but a school of the woods..

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

We do not want to make Scout training too soft..