Quotes and Brief Reflections

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.

The Scoutmaster Edgar R.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, & capital.

A scoutmaster and his wife were driving along a rural highway when they found the road blocked by a herd of cows that had escaped through a broken fence.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief, and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

Do not depend on the hope of results.

I posted this ‘study’ to Facebook earlier this week.

When someone starts with “I’ll keep this brief…” we all know what happens next.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that’s assault, not leadership.

Society is a powerful opponent, and it always wins… for it has all the advantages of numbers and age.

is the only time.

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands.

Knowledge acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.