Quotes About Journey

There is no safety anywhere,' he said quietly, 'but you do not seem a man who is used to safety. Ride well.

We both should have left the train at Salt Lake. With the Mormons, you may have to share your man but at least you've got one.

about him, although not many

To a wandering man in the wilderness a back trail must be as important as that ahead, for it might be the direction taken tomorrow, and when one faced around the trail looked far, far different. Gigantic boulders seen from one direction might be low, flat rocks seen from another . . . all things were different. Studying trails had taught him much about life, that much depends on the viewpoint.

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.

Louis L'Amour

Vincent Benét's poem The Ballad of William Sycamore.

Louis L'Amour

The thing to remember when traveling is that the trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for.

Pa had found it and brought gold from it, and pa must have come

A walking man will kick the grass down in the direction of travel, but a horse with the swinging movements of its hoofs will knock the grass down so it points in the direction from which it has come.

Louis L'Amour

make the drive, skirting the mesa

Louis L'Amour

there's nothing better than two, a man and woman, who walk together. When they walk right together there's no way too long, no night too dark.

A man is as big as his dreams are. If you want to make big tracks on the land, you got step out and start walking.

Louis L'Amour

that the trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for.

traveling so far across the country with this large woman, not fat mind you, but broad in the shoulder and beam, and strong.

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Seems to me we work out our destinies subject to a lot of accident, incident, and whim.

A little rest and meditation often saves a lot of riding over rough country.

After all, you only have one life, so you should make the most of it.

Small steps, Hand in hand we'll walk together, And maybe we'll discover A clue along the way. . . .