"The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.... He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: He must have the boy spirit in him: and must be able to place himself in the right plane with his boys as a first step. He must realise the needs, outlooks and desires of the different ages of boy life. He must deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass. He then needs to promote a corporate spirit among his individuals to gain the best results."

“The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system.”

“Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light. In the same time it is educative, and it is apt to benefit him that giveth as well as him that receives.”

“Leave this world a little better than you found it.”

“No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.”

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

“If a man cannot make his point to keen boys in ten minutes, he ought to be shot!”