After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

I could never resist the call of the trail.

The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.

The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.

Do not blame anyone if at last you don’t succeed because, your brain is solely responsible for this since this is where every seed of resolution will germinate.

In my worst moments, all I had to do was recall the love that I felt emanating from those heavenly lights and I could press on.

The recitation of grievances was strange balm.

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit.

Because it's kind of great, being an idea that everybody likes. But I could never be the idea to myself, not all the way.

Times change, we need to change as well.

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

The use of plant oil as fuel may seem insignificant today. But such products can in time become just as important as kerosene and these coal-tar-products of today.

I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.

Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.