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

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.

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.

We must change boys from a 'what can I get' to a 'what can I give' attitude.

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.

In our present state of degeneration it is through the skin that metaphysics must be made to re-enter our minds.

I know people that can't win. I know people that are very talented at sports, and they never win.

Beware in the presence of cats: they never give, they do not even retaliate--they only reply, and purr in doing so.

The living is a passing traveler; The dead, a man come home.

Simplicity is the key to success.

God is the King. In him exists all legal authority

Follow those who follow something bigger than themselves - an idea, a belief, a vision, a cause. Run away from those who say we need to follow them.

When the law disarms good guys, bad guys rejoice.