WIST

The one law that does not change is that everything changes, and the hardship I was bearing today was only a breath away from the pleasures I would have tomorrow, and those pleasures would be all the richer because of the memories of this I was enduring.

Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) American writer
(Attributed)

A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one’s life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself.

Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) American writer
Bendigo Shafter

There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.

Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) American writer
Last of the Breed

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) American writer
Lonely on the Mountain, opening paragraph (1980)

Up to a point a man’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame their parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, ‘This I am today; that I will be tomorrow.’ The wish, however, must be implemented by deeds.

Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) American writer
The Walking Drum