Scouting Quotes

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

A boy is not a sitting-down animal.

We do not want to make Scout training too soft.

I strongly believe in Scouting. ... It's a source of great strength to us.

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

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

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

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

I look at scouting reports, but don't let them dictate what I'm throwing.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

One particular night I was at the theater. I was not scouting for a project, but I was touched by this play by Évelyne de la Chenelière. I was touched by the character. I thought it was a rich character that could be rich enough for a movie.

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

Our position has never been that people should be forced out of Scouting. We have always said that the values of Scouting are universal they should be welcome to everyone who is willing to live by the Scout oath and the Scout law.

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

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.

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

Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy's world.

I was never conscious of filming except for when I was location scouting. In a way, that is the most important part of the entire process - and the most private. I'm so used to doing that alone. Unlike every other part, it's just me, alone, on location.It's very hard to describe what I'm looking for - something that feels both familiar and strange at the same time. It's not enough for it just to be strange or mysterious, it also has to feel very ordinary, very familiar, and very nondescript.

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.

Where did you find that one?" "I have no idea. I'm a magnet for crazies, I guess." "They must be able to sense a kindred spirit." "Your one to talk. Don't you have more hordes of the undead to lead in a glorious revolution?" "Zombies not undead. There's a fine distinction. And no. Right now I'm scouting new talent. The glorious revolution comes tomorrow.

Scouting exposes young men to people and experiences that encourage and nurture positive moral values. But we mustn't take Scouting for granted. You can do nothing more important for young people today than to continue, or begin, your support of Scouting. I have never met anyone with devoted Scouting experience who was not a solid citizen, a loyal friend, and a patriot. We need more of them.

No parent should be denied from their Scouting - their son's Scouting experience simply because those parents happen to be gay.

Scouting is important. You just want to know whom you are playing against and how to play them well within the team's defense.

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

The law of the [Cub Scout] pack guides the boys to move in the direction of being helpful, friendly, courteous, trustworthy and promote qualities which parents and the community are looking for. The whole purpose of scouting is to help the children grow up making good decisions in life.

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

There is no teaching to compare with example.

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

External scouting is of limited value if it's not teamed with rigorous self- examination. Successful coaches or managers have learned the value of utilizing an outside opinion to give them a fresh look at their personnel. This unbiased view provides an even greater insight, which in turn helps the coach develop flexibility within the team.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.

As soon as you start talking about Scouting, there's an immediate connection and brotherhood.

In Scouting you are combating the brooding of selfishness.

Scouting contributes to a boy's preparation to hold the priesthood of God. Scout leaders have a sacred responsibility. They help boys learn Scouting principles that also help them live the gospel. We thank each leader as they foster faith in Christ and prepare boys to make temple covenants and become a missionary, husband, and father.

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

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

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain. The principles of Scouting give you a sense of what's important. I feel I owe the Boy Scouts a great deal, both personally and professionally.

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

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

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

Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope.

The Scout Oath and Law are our binding disciplinary force.

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

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

We just kind of relied on written scouting reports through the eighties and even the early nineties. I've really been amazed by some of the data that's out there, especially with regards to tendencies of hitters, and certainly tendencies of pitchers as well. I would have loved to have gotten that data when I played.

Once scouting fully opens its doors to all who desire the same experience that so fully enriched me as a young person, I will be happy to reconsider a role on the advisory board.

Scouts should be progressive and should be adapting. If you're gay or not it's irrelevant, Scouting values respect.

Superficial parallels were drawn between the Church and the Nazi Party, with its emphasis on active involvement by every member. The women's auxiliary of the Party and the Hitler Youth were regarded by some as secular equivalents to the Church's Relief Society, MIA, and the Scouting programs.