Cowboy Wisdom
Cowboy Wake Up Call:

Bacon in the pan
Coffee in the pot
Get up an' get it
Eat it while it's hot
Never walk when you can ride. And never stand when you can sit.
Behind every successful rancher is a wife who works in town.
The Cowboy Code:

A Cowboy:

Keeps his word.

Doesn't mess with another man's wife.

Never talks down to anyone. (If one cowboy dismounts, the other one does too.)

Doesn't leave spur marks on a horse's flesh.

Doesn't cuss another man's dog.

Knows that a clean saddle blanket is more important than clean sheets.

Never steals another man's wife.

Puts away his horse before he puts away his dinner.

Never rides a horse along a hard surface road, but to the side where the ground is soft.

Never gives a horse too much work.

Never jumps his horse into a run if he has a long way to travel.


Wisdom:

A cowboy who says he's never been throwed ain't telling the truth.

A man who is honest with himself will be honest with others.

Most men are like a barbed wire fence-----they have their good points.

Only a fool would pay money for a baseball hat with someone else's brand on it.

Dudes dress up but cowboys dress down.

Don't wear the same pair of boots every day. Variety not only spices up life, it prolongs it.

Don't squat with your spurs on.

If the saddle creaks, it's not paid for.

Ride the horse, not the saddle.

If a man allows you to ride his favorite horse, he has paid you the highest compliment.

A horse with white hooves is more expensive than a horse with black feet.

Paint horses are better than painted women.

Horses are afraid of two things----Things that move and things that don't.

Never work for a man with electricity in his barn---you will be up all night.

Love a horse before you fall in love with a man.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

A brand is a cow's only return address.

In a horse they call it loco, in a man they call it love.

A married cowboy who comes home with a stray hair on his collar better have a horse to match.

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

Thunder does all the barking, but it's lightening that bites.

(Taken from The Cowboy Life By Michele Morris)