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

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.

He was very religious he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.

A blaze of love and extinction, was better than a lantern glimmer of the same which should last long years.

Aim for the moon, but on your way don't forget to dance with the stars and shine as bright as the sun.

Secrets were never good. They were supposed to protect people, but they never did. They always made things worse.

If we show fictional characters doing cool stuff, then girls will want to be it in real life.

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

[Barack Obama] believes climate change is a bigger threat to our country than these barbaric Islamic terrorists that have as their organizing principle the destruction of Western civilization.

Writing is a miracle. You can travel anywhere in the world, to any time and any place — and still be home in time to have dinner.

Once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.

GUIL: A scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the pure emotion of fear