The Rootinest Tootinest Cowboy Quote Collection

Southerners and quaint ranching communities consider the word cowboy to be a compliment. Often referring to someone cool, calm, collected, with an endless amount of bravery and testosterone alike. cowboys are born to handle horses, cattle, sheep, and most other livestock. From roping to branding, these good ole boys know how to get the job done!

Our below set of cowboy quotes gain their inspiration from some famous legendary cowboys, both real and fictitious. Including the Duke himself (John Wayne) and Roy Rogers. Whether you’re a boot-wearing avid lover of everything western or need country comfort, this collection is sure to please.

Our Favorite Cowboy Quotes

1. “No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That’s fair enough, isn’t it? Unless you’re a cowboy, of course.” — Paul Weller

2. “A cowboy would rather throw a bull than eat beans with his knife.” — Charles Dorian

3. “To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering The meaning of life.” — Paulo Coelho

4. “Some cowboys have too much tumbleweed in their blood to settle down.” — Ken Alstad

5. “cowboys are gentlemen who treat women with respect and hard work. They use their manners more than any other man would and Ride horse and bulls like there is no tomorrow.” — Olive Flannery

6. “No matter how you feel. Get up. Look up. Show up. Never give up.” — Unknown Author

7. “If you think bull riding’ isn’t intense, come sit on his back and try on my saddle. This ain’t for tenderfoots.” — Clancy Jean Driscoll

8. “where The leather is scarred, there is a great story to tell.” — Jimmy Tart

9. “A man isn’t born a cowboy…he becomes one.” — Unknown Author

10. “No hour of life is wasted that is spent in The saddle.” — Winston Churchill

11. “we have a sense that we should be like The mythical cowboy, able to take on and conquer anything and live in The world without The need for other people.” — Morrie Schwartz

12. “No matter how educated, talented, rich, or cool you believe you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all. Integrity is everything.” — Unknown Author

13. “No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That’s fair enough, isn’t it? Unless you’re a cowboy, of course.” — Paul Weller

14. “A cowboy doesn’t Ride a bull for fame and fortune —- He rides for The love of riding.” — Unknown Author

15. “Do not educate your child to be rich. Educate him to be happy. So when he grows up, he’ll know The value of things, not The price.” — Unknown Author

16. “Ride E’m cowboy, don’t let them throw ya down. You can’t make No money If ya hit The ground, Ride E’m cowboy, don’t let them throw ya down, You’re The toughest cowboy in town.” — Juice Newton

17. “A cowboy stays on The job until it gets done, No matter how dark it is outside.” — Unknown Author

18. “We rise, never worry about The fall. I guess that’s just The cowboy in us all.” — unknown Author

19. “When my time comes, just skin me and put me up there on Trigger, just as though nothing had ever changed.” — Roy Rogers

20. “A decent cowboy does not take what belongs to someone else and If he does he deserves to be strung up and left for The flies and coyotes.” — Judge Roy Bean

21. “One day someone will walk into your life and make you see what George strait was talking about in all those love songs.” — Unknown Author

22. “We have a sense that we should be like The mythical cowboy… able to take on and conquer anything and live in The world without The need for other people.” — Morrie Schwartz

23. “A good old rodeo never hurt anyone.” — Taylor Kitsch

24. “In all The world you’ll never find a love as true as mine.” — George Strait

25. “It doesn’t matter If a cowboy lives in The mountains or The flats, as long as it’s warm and there is a place to lay his hat.” — Unknown Author

26. “A real cowboy doesn’t have to say they are a cowboy you know, The smell, The expression, and The heart tells itself.” — Unknown Author

27. “Cowboys don’t go around breaking hearts.” — Missy Lyons

28. “Cowboy is a breed tougher than nails and strong as steel.” — Unknown Author

29. “There is no better place to heal a broken heart than on The back of a horse.” — Missy Lyons

30. ” cowboys are all so tough on The outside, but so sweet and soft on The inside.” — Amber

31. “Cowboying is all I’ve done my whole life.” — Josh Rodriquez

32. “The cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.” — Unknown Author

33. “Do not go where The path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Unknown Author

34. “Tomorrow comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.” — John Wayne

35. “The horse is a mirror to your soul. And sometimes you might not like what you see in The mirror.” — Buck Brannaman

36. “Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.” —Tom Landry

37. “Life is hard; it’s harder If you’re stupid.” — John Wayne

38. “First buy a cowboy hat and boots. Then you’re on your way to being a Texan.” — James A. Michener

39. “Everyone has a first love, and mine was The western. When I was a child and dreamed of The movies, it was always as a cowboy on a white horse.” — Franco Nero

40. “Life isn’t always candy, cowboy boots, and horses but it should be.” — Horses and Heels

41. “Let him ride a horse. He’s a cowboy ain’t he.” — Nathanael West

42. “Horses and life, it’s all The same to me.” — Buck Brannaman

43. “God can be heard in The jingle of a spur, The thunder of hooves, and The bawl of a newborn calf.” — Kevin Weatherby

44. “Learn this well, The Last Ride is never The last. And The end is not The end.” — Richard Rowland

45. “I get to actually experience what it would be like to be a psycho, which is not a fun one, or to be a cowboy, or to be a weird character of Some sort. For me, it suits me. It suits my personality. I’m an emotional kind of person anyway.” — Josh Holloway

46. “Cowgirls are God’s wildest angels. They have cowboy hats for halos and horses for wings.” — Unknown Author

47. “I took to The life of a cowboy like a horse takes to oats.” — Clinton McCoy

48. “It’s a lot like nuts and bolts-if The rider’s nuts, The horse bolts!” — Nicholas Evans

49. “If cowboys picked wives like they pick horses they would have lifelong mates.” — Unknown Author

50. “The cowboy No doubt can be regarded as a proud rider, skilled, observant, alert, resourceful, unyielding, daring, punctilious in a code peculiar to his occupation, and faithful to his trust.” — Charles W. Harris

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Summary

I hope those cowboy Quotes helped to bring out your inner cowboy/cowgirl!

For future reference, when in need of a good hearty laugh, I’ll read over quote 37 by John Wayne, “Life is hard; it’s harder If you’re stupid.”! This simple statement is quite humorous, yet makes all too much sense.

Sure, a cowboy’s daily life may seem to be tough, but it’s well worth The effort. As you can tell with The heartfelt words in The above cowboy quotes. I mean, who wouldn’t love being around horses and breathing in The fresh country air?

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