Cowards never lasted long enough to become real cowboys.

- Charles Goodnight

Above all things, the plainsmen had to have in instinct for direction. I never had a compass in my life, but I was never lost.

- Charles Goodnight

I wish I could find words to express the trueness, the bravery, the hardihood, the sense of honor, the loyalty to their trust and to each other of th…

- Charles Goodnight

When the ranch is in peace, no other life is more perfect.

- Charles Goodnight