Lando Quotes

“A man ought to know enough to make a choice; and pa, he always advised me to look to both sides of a proposition.”
― Louis L'Amour, Lando

“Aye, but a hand properly used can be as dangerous as a knife . . . And a man is not lynched for what he does with his hands.”
― Louis L'Amour, Lando

“Every man wishes to believe that when trouble appears he will stand up to it, yet no man knows it indeed before it happens.”
― Louis L'Amour, Lando

“It is wrong to believe that such men suffer in the conscience for what they do … it is only regret at being caught that troubles them. And they never admit it was any fault of their own … it was always chance, bad luck.… The criminal does not regret his crime, he only regrets failure.”
― Louis L'Amour, Lando

“Trouble with me was, I was a mighty poor hater. There was satisfaction in winning, but winning would have been better if nobody had to lose. That’s the way I’ve always felt, I guess.”
― Louis L'Amour, Lando

“Seems if the Lord really wants a man it doesn’t need all that fuss to get him worked up to it. If a man isn’t ready for the Lord, then the Lord isn’t ready for him, and it’s a straight-forward proposition between man and God without any wringing of the hands or hell-fire shouting.”
― Louis L'Amour, Lando

“Pa had found it and brought gold from it, and pa must have come”
― Louis L'Amour, Lando