--- title: "3 Cowboy Quotes By Tom Johnson" description: "3 Cowboy quotes by Tom Johnson. Plus more from Tom Johnson and more Cowboy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/tom-johnson-45736_bless_don-t-get-me-wrong-god-bless-the-farmers_576226.jpg" --- > [Don't get me wrong, God Bless the farmers and cowboys. It just wasn't the life I wanted. When writing stories of other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/don-t-get-me-wrong-god-bless-the-farmers-and-cowboys-it-just-wasn-t/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/tom-johnson-45736_bless_don-t-get-me-wrong-god-bless-the-farmers_576226.jpg) > [The military offered the opportunity to see the world, and meet other people and learn new customs. Plus, the Army taught soldiers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/the-military-offered-the-opportunity-to-see-the-world-and-meet-other/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/tom-johnson-45736_army_the-military-offered-the-opportunity-to_588891.jpg) > [I was raised in farm and ranch communities, and my dad wanted me to be a cowboy like him, but I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/i-was-raised-in-farm-and-ranch-communities-and-my-dad-wanted-me-to-be/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/tom-johnson-45736_community_i-was-raised-in-farm-and-ranch-communiti_2091799.jpg) ## Other authors on Cowboy - [Tamara Hoffa 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboy/tamara-hoffa/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-will-rogers-95078.jpg) Will Rogers 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboy/will-rogers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ree-drummond-77898.jpg) Ree Drummond 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboy/ree-drummond/) - [Mary J. 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It just wasn't the life I wanted. When writing stories of other lands, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/don-t-get-me-wrong-god-bless-the-farmers-and-cowboys-it-just-wasn-t/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) > [My greatest accomplishment is succeeding in life, and I owe that to my family and twenty years in the military. I don't regret leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/my-greatest-accomplishment-is-succeeding-in-life-and-i-owe-that-to-my/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) > [The military offered the opportunity to see the world, and meet other people and learn new customs. Plus, the Army taught soldiers discipline. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/the-military-offered-the-opportunity-to-see-the-world-and-meet-other/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) > [Probably the best way to describe my writing style is to refer you to "purple prose", which was a tag given to the early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/probably-the-best-way-to-describe-my-writing-style-is-to-refer-you-to/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) > [Learning is a process whereby a human being, or group, or organization, or society comes to understand and embody nature's patterns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/learning-is-a-process-whereby-a-human-being-or-group-or-organization/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) > [I was raised in farm and ranch communities, and my dad wanted me to be a cowboy like him, but I saw how he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/i-was-raised-in-farm-and-ranch-communities-and-my-dad-wanted-me-to-be/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) > [Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/plot-is-very-important-to-me-but-i-think-my-stories-are-stronger-in/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) > [So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was a sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/so-much-of-my-self-worth-was-tied-with-my-position-it-felt-like-i-was/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) > [Discipline means looking beyond the appearance, beyond that which is visible and acknowledging one Infinite Cause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/discipline-means-looking-beyond-the-appearance-beyond-that-which-is/) [Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboy/tom-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "3 Cowboy Quotes By Tom Johnson", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't get me wrong, God Bless the farmers and cowboys. It just wasn't the life I wanted. 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