O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.

In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

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

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

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

The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of another brother.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

The good turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster’s own personal example.

There is no teaching to compare with example.

Loyalty is a feature in a boy’s character that inspires boundless hope.

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

When you want a thing done, ‘Don’t do it yourself’ is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

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

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

In all of this, it is the spirit that matters. Our Scout law and Promise, when we really put them into practice, take away all occasion for wars and strife among nations.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

See things from the boy’s point of view.

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...

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I’ll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.

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

A boy is naturally full of humor.

To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.