Truth Be Known

Old Vaquero Sayings

“He who gets close to a good tree is sheltered by good shade.”

Quotes

“Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in
the air.”  —Louisa May Alcott, The Abbot’s Ghost: A Christmas Story

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.” —Edward Abbey

 

 

“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”  —Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” —Jack London

“My big fish must be somewhere.” —Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman

 “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

 

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite—only a sense of existence.” —Henry David Thoreau

“Wonder is the desire of knowledge.” —Thomas Aquinas

“Heap on the wood!—the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.” —Sir Walter Scott