History Quotes by Louis L'Amour

“If you play games with men,” he replied, “you’ll play by men’s rules.”

— Louis L'Amour

He never knew when he was whipped ... So he never was…

— Louis L'Amour

“It is through wonder that we come to know.”

— Louis L'Amour

We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger,…

— Louis L'Amour

Much of command is the ability to take command.

— Louis L'Amour

Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said,…

— Louis L'Amour

“he had been so right, and she hated him for it.”

— Louis L'Amour

“I will go with you, and when you make your camp, I will cook your meat, and when you wish to sleep, I will…

— Louis L'Amour

Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would…

— Louis L'Amour

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.

— Louis L'Amour

“Destarte! How musical! What does it mean?” “You can’t say it except in Mescalero. It means Morning, but that isn’t what it means, either.…

— Louis L'Amour

You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

— Louis L'Amour

“Must one seek something? I seek to be seeking, as I learn to be learning. Each book is an adventure as is each day’s…

— Louis L'Amour

A man in his life may have many teachers, some most unexpected. The question lies with the man himself: Will he learn from them?

— Louis L'Amour

“Like I say, I killed a man or two but I'm no thief. My ma raised me better.”

— Louis L'Amour