I believe:

• The 4-H member is more important than the 4-H project.
• 4-H members should be their own best exhibit.
• No award is worth sacrificing the reputation of a member or a leader.
• Competition should be given no more emphasis than other fundamentals of 4-H work.
• Enthusiasm is caught, not taught.
• To learn by doing is fundamental in any sound educational program and is characteristic of the 4-H program.
• Generally speaking, there is more than one good way to do most things.
• Every 4-H member needs to be noticed, to feel important, to win and be praised. (Volunteers, too!)
• Our job as a 4-H volunteer leader is to teach 4-H members how to think, not what to think.

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