Some say opportunity knocks only once, that is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

Carryin' a gun is a chancy thing. Sooner or later a man is put in a position to use it. And a body has to figure that if somebody packs iron he plans to use it when the time comes; and if he draws it out, he plans to shoot.

It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done, and do it coolly.

Luck comes to a man who puts himself in the way of it. You went where something might be found and you found something, simple as that.

The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.

The thieves and killers are goin' to have guns, so if the honest men don't have 'em they just make it easier for the vicious.

Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long.