The Duke Declared

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
John Wayne

Get off your butt and join the Marines!
John Wayne

Get off your horse and drink your milk.
John Wayne

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.
John Wayne

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.
John Wayne

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.
John Wayne

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
John Wayne

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
John Wayne

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
John Wayne

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
John Wayne