A boy on joining wants to begin Scouting right away.

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

Vigorous Scout games are the best form of physical education because most of them bring in moral education.

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

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

The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.

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

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

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

Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.

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

There can be no forced inspiration.

Too many stories. Not enough Tim.

LOVE – PEACE – SUCCESS: When they are what we desire, they fuel our hope… When they are seen in our behavior, they change our lives.

Try to imagine where we'd be without you, darlin', and then maybe you'll see just how lucky we got.

Oh, if the moon only had a secret, if the moon only held a truth. But the moon was just the moon.

When you love people, you give them a priority. You have a sense of urgency about their pain.

When humans face testings and tragedy, they should remember the angels who are always standing ready to lend their celestial assistance, comfort and council.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.

The person who does not seek the kingdom first does not seek it at all, regardless of how worthy the idolatry that he or she has substituted for it.