Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen. Louis L'Amour More Quotes by Louis L'Amour More Quotes From Louis L'Amour A man shares his days with hunger, thirst, and cold, with the good times and the bad, and the first part of being a man is to understand that. Louis L'Amour good-times men firsts Victory is not won in miles but in inches. Louis L'Amour inches miles victory Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on Louis L'Amour writing inspirational kids Strange how it was always the spoiled who weakened and cried first, and it was the injured, the maimed, the blind, and the poor who fought on alone. Louis L'Amour strange blind firsts No man is lost while he yet lives. Louis L'Amour lost men life He who plants a tree is a servant of God. Louis L'Amour servant-of-god nature tree I never figured it was a cowardly thing to be scared. It's to be scared and still face up to what scares you that matters. Louis L'Amour scare matter faces A little rest and meditation often saves a lot of riding over rough country. Louis L'Amour riding meditation country A mountain man tries to live with the country instead of against it. Louis L'Amour inspirational men country Have faith in God but keep your powder dry. Louis L'Amour dry faith-in-god have-faith Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value. Louis L'Amour hopefully increase knowledge ... the mind must be prepared for knowledge as one prepares a field for planting, and a discovery made too soon is no better than a discovery not made at all. Louis L'Amour fields mind discovery Books are the perfect Time Machine. By the simple act of opening a book you can, in an instant, be travelling up a jungle river without once being bitten by mosquitoes, or you can almost die of thirst in the desert while holding a cold drink in your hand, or dine in the finest restaurants and never have to worry about paying the bill, or ride the wild country of our western frontier and never worry about losing your scalp to a raiding party. Louis L'Amour party time country To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder. Louis L'Amour simple faith motivational Ancestry is most important to those who have done nothing themselves. Louis L'Amour ancestry important done After a few days, I mused, I would have no trouble. Whoever heard of a revolution of fat men? Louis L'Amour revolution trouble men There have always been hard times. There have always been wars and troubles Louis L'Amour hard-times character war A man can lose sight of everything else when he's bent on revenge, and it ain't worth it. Louis L'Amour revenge sight men You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it. Louis L'Amour desert fighting acceptance The only power source a book needs is you. If you have to leave for a few minutes you have not lost the story. It is waiting for you when you return. You can pick up a book and resume reading at any time, after a few minutes, a few days, even a few years. A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting. Louis L'Amour reading time book
