This quote attributed to a letter written by Juliette Low in 1925...
"I realize that each year it has changed and grown until I know that, a decade from now, what I might say of it would seem like an echo of what has been instead of what is."

The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers."

My purpose...is to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy.

From "Juliette Low's Notes on the Laws, 1912"
"HONOR. This means that a girl is not satisfied with keeping the letter of the law when she really breaks it in spirit.
LOYAL. This means that she is true to her country, to the city or village where she is a citizen, to her family, her church, her school, and those for whom she may work or who may work for her.
HELPFUL. The simplest way of saying this for the very young Scout is to do a good turn to someone every day: that is, to be a giver and not a taker. This is the spirit that makes the older Scout into a fine, useful, dependable woman."
THRIFTY. The most valuable thing we have in this life is time, and most girls are apt to be rather stupid about getting the most out of it. Health is probably a woman's greatest capital, and a Girl Scout.....doesn't waste it in poor diet.....so that she goes bankrupt before she is thirty. Money is a very useful thing to have....A Girl Scout saves, as she spends, on some system."
"FRIEND TO ANIMALS. All Girl Scouts take particular care of our dumb friends, the animals, and protect them from stupid neglect or hard usage.
PURE.A good housekeeper cannot endure dust and dirt; a well-cared-for body cannot endure grime and soot; a pure mind cannot endure doubtful thoughts that cannot be freely aired and ventilated."

The quote is taken from page 305 in the book "Lady from Savannah The Life of Juliette Low" written by Gladys Denny Shultz and Daisy Gordon Lawrence.
Eighty Nine years ago Juliette Gordon Low made this historical phone call to Miss Nina Anderson Pape, a distant cousin, and the Principal of a local girls' school---"Come right over, I've got something for the girls of Savannah and all America and all the world and we're going to start it tonight!"

Right is right, even if no one else does it.

When asked what the girls should do, Juliette responded "What do the girls WANT to do?"

Every badge you earn is tied up to your motto. This badge is not a reward for something you have done once or for an examination you have passed. Badges are not medals to wear on your sleeve to show what a smart girl you are. A badge is a symbol that you have done the thing it stands for often enough, thoroughly enough, and well enough to BE PREPARED to give service in it. You wear the badge to let people know that you are prepared and willing to be called on because you are a Girl Scout. And Girl Scouting is not just knowing.....but doing.....not just doing, but being.

Why should my daughter become a Girl Scout - FUN If you asked her daughter, she would probably reply Because the Girl Scouts have real Fun but if I were to analyze the results of Scouting I would tell that mother that the most valuable asset her girl would gain is a sense of Individual Responsibility She makes her Promise (1) To do her duty to God and Country (2) To Help others at all times (3) To obey the Scout laws This promise is taken seriously & the individual responsibility is brought about by Team Work Every girl living up to a standard & seeing that her [comrades] in her patrol live up to it also

"Ours is a circle of friends united by ideals."

This is poem writen by Juliette Low. We hope to use it in a tree planting ceremony this year!

A Tree for the Future

Every spring
The sap rises in the trees
From root to branch
And makes a tree that looks dead
Blossom with green leaves
And life.
So it is that the Scouting Spirit
Rises within you and
Inspires you to put forth
Your best.