All have needed to know in life, I learned in Westerns

While the basis of the code I live by is from an a Montana woman and A Pastor, the sum of the knowledge can all be traced back through Westerns.

1. A long Time ago, I made myself a rule to let others do what the think is best. Hondo


2. Welfare makes men like widows and children. McClintock


3. The English language is a backwards language. Hondo


4. When you need to fight keep fighting until the reason for fighting has ended. Magnificent 7


5. Getting lied to sticks in my craw. Hondo


6. Just because you want peace doesn't mean that the bad guy will leave you alone. Open Range


7. The desire for revenge and justice can be razor thin, but revenge will destroy you. Bravados and Hang 'em High


8. God and the love of a good woman can change a man. Angel and the Badman


9. No matter what the odds, there is always someone who will stand up for what is right. 3:10 to Yuma (also my favorite western)


10. There are things worth putting your life on the line for. Justice and the rule of law being some of the most important. 3:10 to Yuma, Lone Ranger television program


11. Death is a fact of life Lonesome Dove. "Everybody gets dead" John Wayne in Hondo.


12. "I will not be wronged, will not be lied to, and will not have a hand laid on me. I don't do these things and I expect that from others." The Shootist


13. Free market economics in McClintock


14. The only way evil triuphs is good men do nothing (Yes, it's an Edmund Burke quote but it runs through most westerns because of the code we live with). The Quick and the Dead


15. Even if you don't want trouble it has a way of finding you. Tombstone


16. There are people that know better than I do. Hondo


17. My perspective of life isn't always right. Dances with Wolves Geronimo


18. You get old by staying alive. Once Upon a Texas Train

These are a few things I live by. Not because they were in a movie but because my folks instilled the idea that we are to look out for the weaker ones of us. Some of it I learned having to beat up bullies in school. Some God is trying to teach me.