Sackett's Land
Louis L'Amour
Top 10 Best Quotes
“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.”
“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.”
“A name is what a man makes it,” I”
“it is better to eat when one can, for one never knows when he will eat again.”
“The blood of good men makes the earth rich”
“although the place a man leaves is in the hearts of those he leaves behind, and in his work, not upon a slab …”
“You will see many women, and often you will think yourself in love, but temper passion with wisdom, my”
“You will see many women, and often you will think yourself in love, but temper passion with wisdom, my son, for sometimes the glands speak louder than the brain. Each man owes a debt to his family, his country and his species to leave sons and daughters who will lead, inspire and create”
“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.”
“When you and Sakim chose to come with me I accepted responsibility for your lives. I became no longer a free agent. Unless one is at heart a rascal, I think he becomes a little better in many ways by assuming leadership.”
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Book Keywords:
initiative, ambition, inspirational
