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

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.

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, 'Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry.

Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.

Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself.

I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.

Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember.