They say that a few minutes each day of petting your dog can raise your serotonin levels.
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.
The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.
The Good Turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.
Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.
We must change boys from a 'what can I get' to a 'what can I give' attitude.
Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life. . . We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly. We're the country of thirty-minute power lunches and two-minute football drills. Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.
The role of money in politics is terrible, particularly when you're running for president. You get a handful of billionaires who can basically buy the White House.
In living, as in art, rules are drawn from practice; not the other way around.
Ideally, as parents we'd have unlimited energy, the ability to manage tricky emotions like fear and anger, vast stores of wisdom to answer complicated but important questions, love that never grows tired, patience that never ends. . . Every parent would like to have all of these, but God alone possesses them fully. Parenting reminded me of what I lacked more than it ever made me feel equipped. But there's a spiritual purpose in that!