Take the time, pay the price, make the mistakes and don’t give up. -Jack Brainard

 

In order to control the horse, you must first control the parts. -Jack Brainard

 

A horse is worth more than riches. -Spanish Proverb

 

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. -Mexican Proverb

 

Never thank yourself; always thank the horses for the happiness and joy we experience through them. -Hans H.E. Isenbart

 

He has galloped through young girls’ dreams, added richness to grown women’s lives, and served men in war and strife. -Toni Robinson

 

The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears. -Arabian Proverb

 

A pony is a childhood dream. A horse is an adult treasure. -Rebecca Carroll

 

There are times when you can trust a horse, times when you can’t, and times when you have to. -Anonymous

 

The educated horse is a thinking horse, and it seems that he understands that every now and then something happens that he must chalk up as a mistake and be done with it. -Dennis Murphy in Practical Horseman

 

Competitive riding should be classical riding at its best. -Charles de Kunffy

 

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse. -Will James

 

A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character. -Frederico Tesio

 

The sight of that pony did something to me I’ve never quite seem able to explain. He was more than tremendous strength and speed and beauty of motion. He set me dreaming. -Walt Morey

 

A man on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man on foot. -John Steinbeck

 

Always smile when you are riding because it changes your intent. -James Shaw

 

Everything depends upon myself and my horse. -Mamie Francis

 

Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances... The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action in man! -Apocalypse

 

Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls, they give us hope! -Toni Robinson

 

A horse is a projection of people’s dreams about themselves; strong, powerful, beautiful and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. -Pam Brown

 

And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew his breath over it and created the horse. -Bedouin Legend

 

God forbid I should go to any heaven where there are no horses. -R.B. Cunningham Graham

 

A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him. -Lord Herbert

 

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is not more than a loan. -Pam Brown

 

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. -W.C. Fields

 

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. - Sir Winston Churchill

 

Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That’s why so many cowboys fancied themselves philosophers. -C.M. Russell

 

You can tell a gelding, ask a mare, but you must discuss it with a stallion. -Author Unknown

 

To my way of thinking, there’s something wrong or missing, with any person who hasn’t got a soft spot in his heart for an animal of some kind. -Will James

 

A bad-tempered man will never make a good-tempered horse. -Anna Sewell in Black Beauty

 

Closeness, friendship, affection: keeping your own horse means all these things. -Bertrand LeClair

 

I simply cannot imagine life without horses. It’s not that horses are more important than or a substitute for people or other activities, but horses do have a special way of making life’s big picture complete. When my schedule or the weather does not allow me to ride, the day feels as if it has a piece missing. -Cherry Hill

 

Heaven is high and earth wide. If you ride 3 feet higher above the ground than other men, you will know what that means. -Author Rudolf C. Binding

 

I must not forget to thank the difficult horses, who made my life miserable, but who were better teachers than the well-behaved school horses who raised no problems. -Alois Podhaisky

 

We gaze upon their quiet beauty, their natural elegance, and we are captivated. They see us softly, in gentle light... rewarding human companionship with strength, grace and intelligence. As they run though arenas and open fields, past mountains and seas, moving like the wind blows toward heaven, we travel with them, if only in our hearts.   -Anonymous

 

It is the very difficult horses that have the most to give you. -Olympic rider Landon Gray

 

Don’t hurry anything, because horses don’t like to be hurried. Remember, they don’t wear watches and they don’t think we should wear them, either. -Richard Shrake

 

A perfect book on riding could be written only by a horse. -Russian cavalry officer Vladimir S. Lirrauer

 

I cannot overemphasize the value of good instruction. It is important to have someone who will push you and who will tell you the truth. Compliments have to be earned not bought. - Olympic alternate Beth Perkins

 

All (horses) are evidently intelligent and inquisitive... They are exuberant. They are sensitive. They have opinions. They in general have too much of every lively quality rather than too little. - Jane Smiley

 

A cowboy lives by an unwritten code of ethics that involves integrity, morality and honesty. Does he set himself up as some kind of icon he thinks the rest of the country should follow or look up to? Certainly not. He figures that every man must decide how he wants to live. In that respect, maybe he’s the living cornerstone of America’s concept of itself. -Buster McLaury

 

Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses. -Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

 

When you get to where you’re goin’, take care of the horse you rode in on. -Anonymous

 

The two most dangerous things a cowboy owns are his gun and his rope-his gun when it goes off, his rope when it goes on. -Anonymous

 

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse. -Will James

 

Horses became man’s wings... -Fulvio Cinquini

 

To ride a horse is to ride the sky. -Anonymous