One learns its way and its life, and moves with care, and never ceases to be wary, for the desert has traps and tricks for the careless.”
–Louis L’Amour  (Hondo)

“As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.”
–Hosea 6:9 (NLT)

He’s still a tenderfoot and he’ll be one even if he stays out here the rest of his life.”
–John Benteen  (Fargo)

“They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?'”
–Luke 24:32 (NLT)

Nor could he bear to leave the lands of immense distances, the purity of the air, the vast sweep of the mountains, plains and forests, the smell of his lonely campfires, the feeling of a good horse under him, and the song of the lonely winds.  It was in his heart now, in his blood and bones, and in all the convulsions of his brain.”
–Louis L’Amour  (The Rider of Lost Creek)

“Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.”
–Matthew 7:13 (NLT)

In this life, you only get so many opportunities.  You must take advantage of them while you can.”
–Bobby Cavazos  (The Cowboy From the Wild Horse Desert)

“The sluggard says, ‘There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!'”
–Proverbs 26:13 (NLT)