“I think we all should go to the mountains more often. We should stand alone and look on the peaks and the valleys.”
–Louis L’Amour (Under the Sweetwater Rim)

“I lift my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.”
–Psalm 121:1-2 (HCSB)

“You judge a person by his heart, not by his house.”
–Elmer Kelton (The Day the Cowboys Quit)

“But you know his proven character, because he has served with me in the gospel ministry like a son with a father.”
–Philippians 2:22 (HCSB)

“You’ll be expected to perform unreasonable duties and make unreasonable sacrifices, without regard to any personal consideration. For this you’ll receive little thanks–in fact, very few will ever know of it. If you die, you’ll get six feet of Texas soil, with no headstones, and no memorial.”      –Paul I. Wellman (The Comancheros)

“We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed… .”      –1 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NKJV)

“What it all comes down to in the end is a matter of honor and simple decency. If a man doesn’t have that, he’s nothing, and never will be anything, no matter how many cows he owns.”      –Louis L’Amour (The Shadow Riders)

“He who follows righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.”      –Proverbs 21:21 (NKJV)