Louis LAmour Quotes about Lying

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

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.

Louis L'Amour

Life, Lying, Fate

A man who says he has never been scared is either lying or else he's never been any place or done anything.

Louis L'Amour

Fear, Lying, Men

Louis L'Amour (2011). “The Daybreakers and Sackett (2-Book Bundle)”, p.246, Bantam

There are shadows for the shadows of things, as a reflection seen in a mirror of a mirror. We know there are circles within circles and dimensions beyond dimension. Reality is itself a shadow, only an appearance accepted by those whose eyes shun what might lie beyond.

Louis L'Amour

Lying, Eye, Reflection

Louis L'Amour (2005). “The Walking Drum”, p.180, Bantam

When I was a small boy I often went to the woods to lie on the grass in the shade. Somehow I had come to believe the earth could give me wisdom, but it did not. Yet I learned a little about animals and learned it is not always brave to make a stand. It is often foolish. There is a time for courage and a time for flight.

Louis L'Amour

Lying, Believe, Animal

Louis L'Amour (2003). “Ride the Dark Trail”, p.70, Bantam