I do not like violence, but ours is a violent time, and there are some men who understand nothing else.
My future is one I must make myself.
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.
... we must read, not only for what we read but for what it makes us think.
Trail dust is thicker'n blood.
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.