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 in it first.

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would have to invent them, for his strength only grows from struggle.

Trail dust is thicker'n blood.

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.

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do

A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.