Whenever you have to deal with a boy who is a rebel, remember that you must not fail at some time or other to get him to face the question, Are you g….

There exists within everyone a grand passion, an outlandish thirst for adventure, a desire to live boldly and vividly through the journey of life..

The passion of rescue reveals the highest dynamic of the human soul..

Your disability is your opportunity..

Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither..

Education must enable young people to effect what they have recognized to be right, despite hardships, despite dangers, despite inner skepticism, des….

There is more in you than you think..

The worth of a faith does not consist in the clarity with which it is stated but in the steadfastness with which it is defended..

Expeditions can greatly contribute towards building strength of character. Joseph Conrad in Lord Jim tells us that it is necessary for a youth to exp….

There are three ways of trying to win the young. There is persuasion, there is compulsion, and there is attraction. You can preach at them: that is a….

What is it that is done to our children that their puberty should deform them? They have the joy of movement; they have an enterprising curiosity; th….

We are all better than we know. If only we can be brought to realise this, we may never be prepared to settle for anything less.

It is a sin of the soul to force young people into opinions ... but it is culpable neglect not to impel young people into experiences..

There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization. Five socia….

The experience of helping a fellow man in danger, or even of training in a realistic manner to be ready to give this help, tends to change the balanc….

I regard it as the foremost task of education to insure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit, tenacity ….

There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less..

Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate..