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1 " I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen. "
― Louis L'Amour , Sackett's Land (The Sacketts, #1)
2 " A name is what a man makes it,” I "
3 " You believe in heroes?” Corvino looked at him thoughtfully. “I cannot believe in anything else. A man needs heroes. He needs to believe in strength, nobility and courage. Otherwise we become sheep to be herded to the slaughterhouse of death. I believe this. I am a soldier. I try to fight for the right cause. Sometimes it is hard to know. "
4 " it is better to eat when one can, for one never knows when he will eat again. "
5 " The blood of good men makes the earth rich "
6 " Suddenly a knowledge came upon me. "
7 " A lady, but a bright one—she was intelligent, with a good measure of common sense, and the two are not always one. "
8 " Uncommon men are everywhere. So much so that the common man has become uncommon. "
9 " Then a wayward glance from a lass, a moment of red, bursting fury from a stranger, a blow given and a blow returned, and all that might have been my life vanished like a fog upon the fens beneath a summer sun. "
10 " For an instant he glared at me from the mud, and then with a burst of fury he came off the ground. "
11 " although the place a man leaves is in the hearts of those he leaves behind, and in his work, not upon a slab … "
12 " Dealing with Indians I found them of shrewd intelligence, quick to detect the false, quick to appreciate quality, quick to resent contempt and to appreciate bravery. So much of the Indian’s life was predicated upon courage that he respected it above all else. He needed courage in the hunt, and in warfare, and to achieve success within the "
13 " Dealing with Indians I found them of shrewd intelligence, quick to detect the false, quick to appreciate quality, quick to resent contempt and to appreciate bravery. So much of the Indian’s life was predicated upon courage that he respected it above all else. He needed courage in the hunt, and in warfare, and to achieve success within the tribe he needed both courage and wit. "
14 " Waterways would offer the easiest route across country, but any travel was a hardship. Most who traveled understood why the word “travel” had once been “travail. "
15 " Yet when two peoples come together that one which is most efficient will survive, and the other will absorb or vanish … it is the way of life. "
16 " I carved a name on a slab and placed it there. I knew not the day of his birth, but gave that of his death. His name, too, I placed there, although the place a man leaves is in the hearts of those he leaves behind, and in his work, not upon a slab … "
17 " Learn from me and avoid the scars your soul and mind will take, let "
18 " You will see many women, and often you will think yourself in love, but temper passion with wisdom, my "
19 " It is good to say that you are afraid,” Sakim said. “It is not good to be too bold. A little fear makes a man think. It is better to be a little afraid, and yet do what has to be done. "
20 " I cannot believe in anything else. A man needs heroes. He needs to believe in strength, nobility and courage. Otherwise we become sheep to be herded to the slaughterhouse of death. I believe this. I am a soldier. I try to fight for the right cause. Sometimes it is hard to know. "
