They spoke the same language, they had eaten the dust, felt the rain, branded calves on the open grass, and they had bitten on the bullet.”
–Louis L’Amour (The Empty Land)

“Teach your children to choose the right [trails], and when they are older, they will remain on it.”
–Proverbs 22:6 (NLT)

Life was rough and uneven but never dull.”
–Ernest Haycox  (New Hope)

“The deceitful walk a thorny, treacherous [trail]; whoever values life will stay away.”
–Proverbs 22:5 (NLT)

It was a place I could have stayed forever.  How many times I have found such campsites!  Place so beautiful it gave a man the wistfuls to see or to think back on.  So many times we said, ‘We’ve got to come back some time!’ an’ knowin’ all the while we never would.”
–Louis L’Amour  (Lonely on the Mountain)

“A prudent person foresees the dangers ahead and takes precautions; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.”
–Proverbs 22:3 (NLT)

On a late afternoon when the clouds gather around the peaks and the lightning begins to play its games over the mountain meadows, the high country is no place to be, but it can be spectacular to watch from a safe distance.  At such times the hills can be alive with a sound that isn’t music, but it has a magnificence of its own.”      –Louis L’Amour  (Passin’ Through)

“The guilty walk a crooked [trail]; the innocent travel a straight road.”
–Proverbs 21:8 (NLT)