Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour
Louis Dearborn L'Amourwas an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels; however, he also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, non-fiction, as well as poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into film. L'Amour's books remain popular and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death almost all of his 105 existing workswere still in print, and he was considered "one of the world's most popular writers"...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 March 1908
CityJamestown, ND
Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.
Mountains should not be judged by altitude.
To die is nothing. One is here, one is no longer here. It is only at the end one must be able to say 'I was a man'.
A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.
Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it's hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place.
There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.
Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them. Then there comes a time when it lies within their grasp to shape the clay of their life into the sort of thing they wish it to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune or the quirks of fate. Everyone has the power to say, "This I am today. That I shall be tomorrow.
A man can lose sight of everything else when he's bent on revenge, and it ain't worth it.
You stick your finger in the water and you pull it out, and that is how much of a hole you leave when you're gone.
One who returns to a place sees it with new eyes. Although the place may not have changed, the viewer inevitably has. For the first time things invisible before become suddenly visible.
I do not think much of ages. People are people. What does it matter how old or young they are? It is a category, and I do not like categories. It is a sort of pigeonhole or a label.
Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.
We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different.
Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.