Training Quotes

The following quotes can be used in your training sessions to provoke thought and spirit. If you have someone who is computer-literate on your training staff, you can have them enter the quotes into a word processing document in a very large font style for readability. My suggestion is that you put one quote on a page. Then you can insert your Council Name, District Name, and an appropriate Scout Graphic in the Header. When you print the quotes, you will end up with 38 letter-sized posters complete with graphics, identification of your Council and District, and a meaty quote.

Contributed by: Michael F. Bowman
National Capital Area Council, BSA, mfbowman@CAPACCESS.ORG


DIG A WELL BEFORE YOU ARE

THIRSTY


THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS TO CLIMB

THE LADDER INSTEAD OF SITTING

AND WAITING FOR THE ELEVATOR


IT IS MUCH EASIER TO BE CRITICAL

THAN CORRECT


KNOWLEDGE BRINGS THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF CHOICE


THE WORLD IS STILL FULL

OF WILLING PEOPLE;

SOME WILLING TO LEAD AND

THE REST WILLING TO LET THEM.


THERE IS NO FAILURE UNTIL YOU

FAIL TO KEEP TRYING.


LAUGHTER IS THE SHORTEST

DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE.


TOMORROW HAS BEEN POSTPONED

BECAUSE OF LACK OF INTEREST.


YOUR ONLY LIMITATION IS

YOUR OWN IMAGINATION.


IF IT'S NOT FOR THE BOYS,

IT'S FOR THE BIRDS.


WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS,

FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.


MORE DEPENDS ON WILL POWER

THAN ON BRAIN POWER


THERE ARE NO SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD IN THE EYES OF A CHILD:

THERE ARE SEVEN MILLION.


YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU'RE

ON THE RIGHT ROAD.

IT'S AN UPGRADE.


THE MARK OF AN EFFECTIVE CUB SCOUTER IS TO SEE SOMETHING IN A MUD PUDDLE BESIDES THE MUD.


ANYBODY CAN GRAB A TIGER BY THE TAIL. YOU ONLY SURVIVE BY KNOWING WHAT TO DO NEXT.


IT ISN'T THE LOAD

THAT BREAKS YOU DOWN;

IT'S THE WAY YOU CARRY IT.


NO MAN STANDS SO TALL AS WHEN HE STOOPS TO HELP A BOY.


CHARACTER IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN

NO ONE IS LOOKING.


INTELLIGENCE IS THE CAPACITY TO WONDER.


IT IS POSSIBLE TO CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN

ONE STEP AT A TIME.


PRAISE DOES WONDERS FOR A

BOY'S SENSE OF HEARING.


DO YOU ACT OR REACT?


THERE IS NO END TO THE GOOD

WE CAN DO IF WE DON'T CARE

WHO GETS THE CREDIT.


YOU CAN GIVE A CHILD TOO MUCH

OF EVERYTHING EXCEPT YOURSELF.


A MAN IS TOMORROW WHAT

HE THINKS TODAY.


THE WISHBONE WILL NEVER

REPLACE THE BACKBONE.


I KNOW YOU BELIEVE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU THINK I SAID;
BUT I AM NOT SURE YOU REALIZE THAT WHAT YOU HEARD WAS NOT WHAT I MEANT.


I SHALL PASS THIS WAY BUT ONCE.

IF THERE IS ANY GOOD I CAN DO,

LET IT BE NOW; FOR I SHALL NOT

PASS THIS WAY AGAIN.


THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS IS NOT

IN DOING WHAT ONE LIKES, BUT

IN LIKING WHAT ONE HAS TO DO.

LISTENING IS THE BEGINNING

OF UNDERSTANDING.


IF TAKES COURAGE TO STAND UP AND SPEAK,

IT TAKES EVEN MORE COURAGE TO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN.


MEN AND TIME CHANGE . . .

BUT PRINCIPLES, NEVER.


PLAN YOUR WORK,

THEN WORK YOUR PLAN.


IDEAS ARE FUNNY LITTLE THINGS.

THEY WON'T WORK UNLESS YOU DO.


BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED.


THE SECRET TO LIVING IS GIVING.


THOUGHT IS ACTION IN REHEARSAL.

 

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