A Bit of Wisdom from Wyatt Earp

Los Angeles, CA…Wyatt Earp March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929. American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, Tombstone & Alaska.

“The most important lesson I learned…was that the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time. The second was that, if I hoped to live on the frontier, I would shun flashy trick-shooting–grandstand play–as I would poison…In all my life as a frontier peace officer, I did not know a really proficient gunfighter who had anything but contempt for the gun-fanner, or the man who literally shot from the hip.”

“Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. You must learn to be slow in a hurry.”

“Are you going to do something or just stand there and bleed?”

“The less you bet, the more you lose when you win.”

“Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.”