Louis L'amour said this quote

“ Folks can’t seem to realize that it isn’t a smooth talker we need in there but a steady man, a man with judgement. Any medicine-show man can spout words, if they are written for him. It takes no genius to sound well. To act right and at the right time is something else again. ”

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Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.

~ Louis L'amour

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

~ Louis L'amour

I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.

~ Louis L'amour

Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs, and they can save us when all else is lost.

~ Louis L'amour