It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative matter.

True Scouts are the best friends of animals, for from living in the woods and wilds, and practising observation and tracking, they get to know more than other people about the ways and habits of birds and animals, and therefore they understand them and are more in sympathy with them.

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

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 surprise.

One of the finest statesmen of the present time is also a first-class scout, and that is Mr. Roosevelt, the late President of the United States of America.

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

Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.

Varied are the ideas of what constitutes success, e.g. money, position, power, achievement, honours, and the like. But these are not open to every man-nor do they bring what is real success, namely, happiness.

The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.

It is often useful, if an enemy happens to see you, to pretend that you have not seen him. Or it may sometimes be useful to pretend that you have other men with you. I did this once in the Boer War when, having crept up a donga to look at a Boer fort, I was seen by the enemy, and they came out to capture me.

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

To get hold of your boys you must be their friend.

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

Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: My boy, never ... I won't set 'em down. I disregarded them fool-like and paid, and paid; had I a son I'd hand 'em on and ram 'em home. What fools we be when young. We fancy we be wise, forgetting that the old boys have graduated in the 'varsity of the world, the greatest 'varsity of all, and each day we should learn from they.

In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: What would Christ have done? Then do it-as nearly as you can.

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 (like Mercy) it is apt to benefit him that giveth as well as him that receives.

Development of outlook naturally begins with a respect for God... Reverence to God and reverence for one's neighbor and reverence for oneself as a servant of God.

If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks -- that is, objects which help you to find your way or prevent you getting lost, such as distant hills, church towers, and nearer objects, such as peculiar buildings, trees, gates, rocks, etc.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey, is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.

The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell--in the clearness of the instructions they receive.