The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy read more

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, read more

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.

A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? read more

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you.

The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance among men.

The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance among men.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he read more

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months read more

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.