Wisdom Quotes - Page 146

Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

The stream from Wisdom's well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.

He who has a true idea, knows at that same time that he has a true idea, nor can he doubt concerning the truth of the thing.

Wisdom - meaning judgment acting on experience, common sense, available knowledge, and a decent appreciation of probability.

Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.

Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.

It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.

We are not a club or a Sunday school class, but a school of the woods.

The Scoutmaster must be alert to check badge hunting as compared to badge earning.

A boy on joining wants to begin Scouting right away.

It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.

Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?

The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today.

Scoutmasters need to enter into boys' ambitions.

When a boy finds someone who takes an interest in him, he responds and follows.

It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.

We do not want to make Scout training too soft.

A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.

Scoutmasters need the capacity to enjoy the out-of-doors.

Teach Scouts not how to get a living, but how to live.

Scoutmasters deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass.

Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?

A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.

The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother.