Dust and distance prove your backbone.

Fear don’t excuse you from the work.

Without it, nothing stays tied down.

Say it straight, then do it.

The hard way’s the only one worth taking.

The gate’s open — what you do with it is on you.

One stumble shouldn’t cost the whole herd.

Disrespect the desert, and it’ll break you.

First through the brush takes the cuts for the rest.

Time and weather will test it — make sure it stands.