“Hate would destroy him who hated.”
Source: The Lonesome Gods
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Famous Louis L'Amour Quotes
Source: Bendigo Shafter
“To pursue a man effectively, it is best to begin with his thinking.”
Source: Last of the Breed
Source: The Sacketts Volume One 5-Book Bundle: Sackett's Land, To the Far Blue Mountains, The Warrior's Path, Jubal Sackett, Ride the River
Source: The Daybreakers
Source: The Walking Drum
Source: The Lonesome Gods
Source: The Walking Drum
“Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.”
Source: Education of a Wandering Man
“One learns to adapt to the land in which one lives.”
Source: The Sacketts Volume One 5-Book Bundle: Sackett's Land, To the Far Blue Mountains, The Warrior's Path, Jubal Sackett, Ride the River
“To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.”
Source: Last of the Breed
Source: The Sky-Liners and Galloway (2-Book Bundle)
“He who plants a tree is a servant of God.”
Source: The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 5: Frontier Stories
“There's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming.”
Source: Sackett
Source: North to the Rails: A Novel
“But even the law cannot be in your bedroom at night.”
Source: North to the Rails: A Novel
Source: Mojave Crossing
“A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.”
Source: The Walking Drum
“Much of command is the ability to take command.”
Source: The Walking Drum
Source: The Walking Drum
“Knowledge is awareness, and to it there are many paths, not all of them paved with logic.”
Source: The Lonesome Gods
Source: Last of the Breed
Source: The Shadow Riders
“A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting.”
Source: The Walking Drum
Source: The First Fast Draw: A Novel
“...Proximity to a noose danger and death ... can make man or woman appreciate things.”
“I fear there will be no future for those who do not change.”
Source: Jubal Sackett
“If you want to be creative, go where your questions lead you.”
“There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.”
Source: Education of a Wandering Man
Source: The Lonesome Gods
Source: The Sky-Liners and Galloway (2-Book Bundle)
“A mountain man tries to live with the country instead of against it.”
Source: Sackett
“Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.”
Source: The Daybreakers and Sackett (2-Book Bundle)
“The key to understanding any people is in its art: its writing, painting, sculpture.”