Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Some say opportunity knocks only once, that is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I do not believe writers should read reviews of their own books, and I do not. If one is not careful one… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
What a man wants to do he generally can do, if he wants to badly enough. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
A man can learn a lot if he listens, and if I didn't learn anything else I was learning how much I… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Carryin' a gun is a chancy thing. Sooner or later a man is put in a position to use it. And a… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
The only power source a book needs is you. If you have to leave for a few minutes you have not lost… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
The thieves and killers are goin' to have guns, so if the honest men don't have 'em they just make it easier… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“If you play games with men,” he replied, “you’ll play by men’s rules.” — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning. — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
