Be Prepared

American  

noun

1. motto of the Boy Scouts of America and of the Girl Scouts of America.

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Example Sentences

Heading west, they were cheered by U. S. Boy Scouts as supreme symbols of the motto: "Be Prepared."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Be Prepared" has degenerated to a Tom Lehrer double-entendre; the descendants of Lord Baden-Powell are dimly imagined by contemporary cynics to be a rustic army of bug-eyed idealists.

From Time Magazine Archive

Be Prepared For A Different Market Base Your customer base changes in the weeks leading up to the big day.

From Time Magazine Archive

But millions of boys wore their fleur-de-lis emblems proudly, millions of parents watched astonished as their sons developed knowledge and skills never taught in schools, and the international motto "Be Prepared" became a household phrase.

From Time Magazine Archive

The motto of the scout is "Be Prepared."

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America