Horse Quotations
We're compiling an ever-growing list of Horse Quotations for memory books, scrap booking, horse crafts and more, For Personal Use. Enjoy!
"Four things greater than all things are: Women and Horses & Power and War." RUDYARD KIPLING
"When I can't ride anymore, I shall still keep horses as long as I can hobble along with a bucket and a wheelbarrow. When I can't hobble, I shall roll my wheelchair out to the fence of the field where my horses graze, and watch them."
MONICA DICKENS
"If you have it, it is for life. It is a disease for which there is no cure. You will go on riding even after they have to haul you onto a comfortable wise old cob, with feet like inverted buckets and a back like a fireside chair." MONICA DICKENS
"To the Greeks, he was a god of beauty, half wild, half tame." MONICA DICKENS
"Riding is a complicated joy. You learn something each time. It is never quite the same, and you never know it all." MONICA DICKENS
"Sometimes they suddenly start racing in the middle of the night, a thudding stampede for no reason, unless it's ghosts." MONICA DICKENS
"No ride is ever the last one. No horse is ever the last one you will have. Somehow there will always be other horses, other places to ride them." MONICA DICKENS
"We dominate a horse by mind over matter. We could never do it by brute strength." MONICA DICKENS
"You can tell a horse owner by the interior of her car. Boots, mud, pony nuts, straw, items of tack and a screwed-up waxed jacket of incredible antiquity. There is normally a top layer of children and dogs." HELEN THOMPSON
"A daughter who won't lift a finger in the house is the same child who cycles madly off in the pouring rain to spend all morning mucking out stables." SAMANTHA ARMSTRONG
"A canter is a cure for every evil." BENJAMIN DISRAELI
"My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day. They are strangers to the bridle or saddle; they live in great amity with me, and friendship to each other." JONATHAN SWIFT
"A boy is a boy a long time before he knows his alphabet, longer before he has learned to spell, and perhaps several years before he can read distinctly; and yet there are some people who, as soon a they get on a young horse, entirely undressed and untaught, fancy that by beating and spurring they will make him a dressed horse in one morning only. I would feign ask such stupid people whether by beating a boy they would teach him to read without first showing him the alphabet? Sure they would beat him to death before they would make him read."
Reproduced from The Man Who Listens to Horses (Original source unknown).
"...virtue shall be bound into the hair of thy forelock... I have given thee the power of flight without wings." THE KORAN
"There on the tips of fair fresh flowers feedeth he; How joyous is his neigh, there in the midst of sacred pollen hidden all hidden he; how joyous is his neigh...." NAVAJO SONG
"Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are." OLD ENGLISH SAYING
"By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself." EMIR ABD-EL-KADER
"When God wanted to create the horse, he said to the South Wind, 'I want to make a creature of you. Condense.' And the Wind condensed." EMIR ABD-EL-KADER
"A man (or woman) on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man on foot." JOHN STEINBECK
"It takes all the dignity out of a horse to make him do tricks. Why, a trick horse is kind of like an actor - no dignity, no character of his own." JOHN STEINBECK
"A man on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man on foot." JOHN STEINBECK
"Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses." ELIZABETH TAYLOR
"It was a horse, yet it looked queer - it had something on its back. So that was a man! Something was wrong with it. It walked on its hind legs. And it wasn't half as big as a horse!" HENRY HERBERT KNIBBS
"I saw a child who couldn't walk, sit on a horse and laugh and talk; I saw a child who could only crawl, mount a horse and sit up tall; I saw a child born into strife, take up and hold the reins of life; And the same child was heard to say, 'Thank you God for showing me the way.'" JOHN ANTHONY DAVIS
"Words are as beautiful as wind and horses, and sometimes as difficult to corral." TED BERKMAN The Christian Science Monitor
"One reason why birds and horses are happy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses." DALE CARNEGIE
"What the colt learns in youth he continues in old age." FRENCH PROVERB
"Love means attention, which means looking after the things we love. We call this stable management." GEORGE H. MORRIS
"Think of riding as a science, but love it as an art." GEORGE MORRIS
"If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong." PAT PARELLI
"There are only two emotions that belong in the saddle; One is a sense of humor, and the other is patience." JOHN LYONS
"Might my husband also ride him? Then he can see how lovely it is to sit on a well-trained horse." QUEEN ELIZABETH II
"His eyes were brilliant; they blazed as though red fire were in them. His nostrils quivered and dilated, his neck was proudly arched. In every line and curve of his body there was a lithe, wild gracefulness, an exultant beauty that was strength and swiftness and freedom." HERBERT RAVENEL SASS
"Horses do think. Not very deeply, perhaps, but enough to get you into a lot of trouble." PATRICIA JACOBSON and MARCIA HAYES
"Too much thinking was the enemy of instinct, and without instinct riders were nothing...." BILL BARICH
"Of all creature God made at the Creation, there is none more excellent, or so much to be respected as a horse." BEDOUIN LEGEND
"It is the difficult horses that have the most to give you." LENDON GRAY
"To ride a horse well, you have to know it as well as you know your best friend." KATIE MONAHAN PRUDENT
"It excites me that no matter how much machinery replaces the horse, the work it can do is still measured in horsepower.....even in this space age. And although a riding horse often weighs half a ton, and a big drafter a full ton, either can be led about by a piece of string if he has been wisely trained. This to me is a constant source of wonder, and challenge." MARGEURETE HENRY
"Each leg in its gallop seems to stream with a rush of speed as though from a bucket of water poured o'er the field." ARABIAN POET
"Amazingly fast, incredibly strong, tirelessly proud, fantastically gentle, he is a huge dark beast that touches the hearts of all who meet him.
He has known joy and violence. Felt the warmth of children and the cruelty of abuse. He has nearly died saving lives and merely been killed by a drunken act. He has known the finery of grand estates and the filth of stinking slums. He has survived fire and flood, starvation and torment.
And nothing could break his spirit-or his great love. This is HIS life.
He is called the horse." ANNA SEWELL
"For the wonderful brain of man/However mighty its force/Had never achieved its lordly plan/Without the aid of a horse." ELLA WILCOX
"If God had intended man to walk, he would have given him four legs. Instead, he gave him two - one to put on either side of a horse." MONTANA RANCHER
"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
"Changing horses in the middle of a stream, gets you wet and sometimes cold...Changing faces in the middle of a dream gets you old...oh, gets you old." DAN FOGELBERG
"It is best not to swap horses while crossing the river." ABRAHAM LINCOLN
"That hoss wasn't built to tread the earth/He took natural to the air;/And every time he went aloft,/He tried to leave me there." ANONYMOUS TRIBUTE TO AN UNMANAGEABLE HORSE
"Cowboys hate walking; they really know how to use their horses. They conserve the energy of the horse, treating it like a valuable piece of farm equipment." ROBERT REDFORD
"Never...telegraph to your horse how you feel unless you want him to feel the same. No creature is more sensitive to mood than a horse. He will at once recognize fear or impatience on the part of his rider." MacGREGOR JENKINS
"There is nothing like a rattling ride for curing melancholy!" WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED
"Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth on to meet the armed men.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword." JOB 39: verses 19-22
"Once the horse bites you, you never get over it." PAUL CLEVELAND
"Horses have never hurt anyone yet, except when they bet on them."
"Good horses make short miles." GEORGE HERBERT
"I love the horse from hoof to head/From head to hoof and tail to mane;/I love the horse, as I have said,/From head to hoof and back again." JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
"Your true horseman may have a great affection for a special pet, but what he loves and reveres from deep down in his being is not a horse but horseflesh - horseflesh as a temple of noble qualities, of endearing foibles, of an astonishing capacity for understanding and cooperation." GEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN
"It may be broadly stated that, with the single exception of goldfish, of all animals kept for the recreation of mankind, the horse is alone capable of exciting a passion that shall be absolutely hopeless." BRET HARTE
"They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom." BEN JONSON
"One key to getting along well with a horse is to view him as a fellow creature rather than as an for entertainment." PATRICIA JACOBSON and MARCIA HAYES
"I ate, lived and slept horses. I used to love even the smell of the tack - cleaned, oiled, and shined to an old burnished shimmer." CHRISTILOT HANSON BOYLEN
"An extra pressure, a silent rebuke, an unseen praising, a firm correction; all these passed between us as through telegraph wires." CHRISTLOT HANSON BOYLEN
"Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people - which is why horses are admitted to race tracks at the age of two, and jockeys before they are old enough to shave." DICK BEDDOES
"My father was, and is, a law-abiding citizen of the realm, but if ever he wanders off the path of righteousness, it will not be gold or silver that enticed him, but, more likely, I think, the irresistable contours of a fine but elusive horse." BERYL MARKHAM
"There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse." ROBERT SMITH SURTEES
"Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are." OLD ENGLISH SAYING
"The sunshine's golden gleam is thrown/On sorrel, chestnut, bay and roan;/The horses paw and prance and neigh,/Fillies and colts like kittens play,/And dance and toss their rippled manes/Shining and soft as silken skeins...." OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
"I am still under the impression there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse." JOHN GALSWORTHY
"A hundred yards away I saw a big bony colt acting up. He'd just returned from a gallop and was feeling good. He pranced along with that challenging winner's gait. Thoroughbreds are athletes and they probably share with other athletes the brief period of illumination that follows a satisfying workout." BILL BARICH
"When I was a young girl, I thought of being a mounted policewoman, because I figured I could ride horses and be paid for it - what a job!" OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
"The hooves of the horses! - Oh! witching and sweet/Is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet;/No whisper of lover, no trilling of bird,/Can stir me as hooves of the horses have stirred." WILL H. OGILVIE
"People talk about size, shape, quarters, blood, bone, muscle, but for my part, give me a hunter with brains; he has to take care of the biggest fool of the two and think for both." G.J. WHYTE-MELVILLE
"The horse is God's gift to man." ARABIAN PROVERB
"In buying a horse or taking a wife, shut your eyes and commend yourself to God." TUSCAN PROVERB
"When I am Old...
I shall wear turquoise
And a straw cowboy hat that
doesn't match and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my social security
on white wine and carrots
And sit in the alley way of my barn
And listen to my horses breathe.
I will sneak out in the middle of a summer night
And ride the dappled mare
Across the moonstruck meadow,
If my old bones will allow.
And when people come to call, I will smile and nod,
As I walk them past the gardens to the barn
And show, instead, the flowers growing there.
In stalls fresh-lined with straw
I will learn to shovel and sweat and
wear hay in my hair as if it were a jewel.
And I will be an embarrassment to my only child
Who will have not yet found the peace in being free
To love a horse as a friend,
A friend who waits at midnight hour
With muzzle and nicker and patient eyes
For the kind of person I will be
When I am old."
PATTY BARNHART
Listen to the horses clipping, clopping,
hoofbeats everywhere never stopping...
Gonna ride my Palomino,
Ride him to the fair....
RAFFI
"Somewhere, somewhere in times own space,
there must be some, sweet pastured place;
of pastures green where fresh creeks flow,
some paradise where horses go.
For by the love that guides my pen,
I know great horses live again." AUTHOR UNKNOWN
"You're only a boy, but if you break this colt, you'll be a man - a young man, but a man." - LINCOLN STEFFENS
"The grandstand was empty and quiet, with the cool feel of an aluminum mixing bowl waiting for ingredients." - BILL BARICH
"A good horse knows just when to turn a cow, just how to cut a steer from the bunch. A good cow pony knows, as if by instinct, when to walk slowly through the brush, how to miss the gopher hole at a high canter. Many a cowboy owes his very life to his horse. The cowpoke and the cow pony become nt just a team working in unison, they become as one." -ROYAL B. HASSRICK
"Cowboying requires real knowledge of a horse and his capabilities...A horse can sense when a real horseman is in the saddle. He knows when the rider is going to tough it out." ROBERT REDFORD
"The rhythm of the ride carried them on and on, and she knew that the horse was as eager as she, as much in love with the speed and air and freedom." GEORGESS McHARGUE
"Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol." FLETCHER KNEBEL
"Many persons have sighed for the 'good old days' and regretted the 'passing of the horse,' but today, when only those who like horses own them, is a far better time for horses." C.W. ANDERSON
"The blood runs hot in the Thoroughbred and the courage runs deep.
In the best of them, pride is limitless. This is their heritage and
they carry it like a banner. What they have, they use." - C.W. ANDERSON
"On arriving somewhere in the approximate area of take-off, I let the horse take command and jump the fence. I try to be an uninterfering passenger from there to the other side, and then I take up command again." DAVID BROOME
"Smoothness of execution in every detail is the sine qua non of good horsemanship; jumping in particular, in itself a violent effort, should be rendered as easy and as pleasant as possible for both horse and man by every means in our power." PIERO SANTINI
"See to it that the colt be kind, used to the hand, and fond of man." -XENOPHON
"What a horse does under compulsion is done without understanding and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip or spur a dancer." - XENOPHON
"A horse is such a thing of beauty; None will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor." - XENOPHON
"He's the kind of horse with a far-away look. He'll sure take a man through some awful places and sometimes only one comes out." - W.S. JAMES
"One of the earliest religious disappointments in a young girl's life devolves upon her unanswered prayer for a horse." PHYLLIS THEROUX
"Yet when all the books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them." WALTER FARLEY
"I ride horses because it's the only sport where I can exercise while sitting down." JOAN HANSEN
"You cannot judge of the horse by the harness." -PROVERB
"Even the most forlorn thoroughbred, seen at a distance - like a woman outside the fence at an Army camp - is flawlessly beautiful." JOE FLAHERTY
"It's hard enough to strike off at a canter from a walk with one horse. But to have eight horses doing this at the same time without the slightest raggedness is a work of art." VISITOR TO THE SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL, VIENNA
"A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him." LORD HERBERT
"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real centre of the household." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
"My early riding days were spent on the wooden, or rocking variety of mount. Armchairs, bedsteads, all served in my apprenticeship - in fact, my parents' furniture still bears the mark of my whip and improvised spurs! -ALAN OLIVER
"Care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse." DANISH PROVERB
"I purchased some classics on horse care...I gradually came to understand they were like 19th-century religious tomes on how to save your soul: ive, good; instructions, extremely detailed; practical application, impossible." C.J.J. MULLEN
"We kept him until he died...and sat with him during the long last minutes, when a horse comes closest to seeming human." C.J.J. MULLEN
"Experienced riders are not prone to brag. And usually newcomers, if they start out being boastful, end up modest." C.J.J. MULLEN
"All our best horses have Arab blood, and once in a while it seems to have come out strong and show in every part of the creature, in his frame, his power, and his wild, free, roving spirit." ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
"Horse, thou art truly a creature without equal, for thou fliest without wings and conquerest without sword." THE KORAN
"A lovely horse is always an experience...It is an experience of the kind that is spoiled by words." BERYL MARKHAM
"Half the failures in life result from pulling in one's horse when it is leaping." UNKNOWN
"Just grab tight with your knees and keep your hands away from the saddle, and if you get throwed, don't let that stop you. No matter how good a man is, there's always some horse can pitch him. You just climb up again before he gets to feeling smart about it. Pretty soon, he won't throw you no more, and pretty soon he can't throw you no more." JOHN STEINBECK
"The horse - the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous, and certainly the mose perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated." ANNE McCAFFREY
"A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character." TESIO
"It was quite customary as late as 1890 to see a countryman returning from the market, fast asleep, slumped forward over his saddle bar while his horse plodded his own way home." DOROTHY HARTLEY
"England's past has been bourne on his back;
All our history is his industry. We are his heirs;
he our inheritance."
from "The Horse" By British Poet RONALD DUNCAN
"Under his spurnin feet, the road like an arrowly alpine river flowed; and the lanscape sped away behind, like an ocean flying before the wind." THOMAS BUCHANAN READ
"God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses." R.B. CUNNINGHAM-GRAHAM
"I sit astride Life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horses's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment." LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN
"It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall." MEXICAN PROVERB
"My Beautiful!My beautiful!that standest meekly by, With thy proudly-arch'd and glossy neck, and dark and fiery eye. Fret not to roam the desert now, with all thy winged speed; I may not mount on thee again - thou'rt sold, my Arab steed!" CAROLINE NORTON
"I will not change my horse with any that treads but on four pasterns...When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk. He trots the air, the earth sings when he touches it, the barest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"He is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he is indeed a horse - and all other jades you may call beasts." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, King Henry V
"His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"O for a horse with wings!" WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"He doth nothing but talk of his horse." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk; He trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"Dawn bounced up in a bright red hat, waved at the world and skipped away. Up staggared the foal, its hooves were jelly-knots of foam." UNKNOWN
"Then, day sniffed with its blue nose through the open stable window, and found them - the foal nuzzling its mother, velvet fumbling for her milk." FERENC JUHASZ
"There are fools, damn fools, and those who remount in a steeplechase." BILL WHITBREAD
"My horses are my friends, not my slaves." REINER KLIMKE
"The sight of that horse did something to me I've never quite been able to explain. He was more than tremendous strength and speed and beauty of motion. He set me dreaming." WALT MOREY
"A horse loves freedom, and the weariest work horse will roll on the ground or break loose into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose in the open." GERALD RAFFERTY
"A Letter From Your Horse" (original version):
When you are tense, let me teach you to relax.
When you are short tempered, let me teach you to be patient.
When you are short sighted, let me teach you to see.
When you are quick to react, let me teach you to be thoughtful.
When you are angry, let me teach you to be serene.
When you feel superior, let me teach you to be respectful.
When you are self absorbed, let me teach you to think of greater things.
When you are arrogant, let me teach you humility.
When you are lonely, let me be your companion.
When you are tired, let me carry the load.
When you need to learn, let me teach you.
After all, I am your horse.
And now, the REAL story...
When you are tense, let me teach you that there are lions in them thar woods, and we need to leave NOW!
When you are short-tempered, let me teach you how to slog around the pasture for an hour before you can catch me.
When you are short sighted, let me teach you to figure out where, exactly, in the 40 acres I am hiding.
When you are quick to react, let me teach you that herbivores kick MUCH faster (and harder) than
omnivores.
When you are angry, let me teach you how well I can stand on my hind feet, because I don't feel like cantering on my right lead today.
When you are worried, let me entertain you with my mystery lameness.
When you feel superior, let me teach you that, mostly, you are the maid service.
When you are self-absorbed, let me teach you to PAY ATTENTION. Remember? I told you about those lions in them thar woods?
When you are arrogant, let me teach you what 1900 lbs. of "YAHOO LETS GO!" can do when suitably inspired.
When you are lonely, let me be your companion. Let's do lunch. Also, breakfast and dinner.
When you are tired, don't forget the 600 lbs. of grain and 150 bales of hay that need to be unloaded.
When you are feeling financially secure, let me teach you the meaning of "Veterinary Services."
When you need to learn, hang around, babe. I'll learn ya."
- Sincerely Your Horse
thank you to Penny the Horse - "owned" by "Chocomare" on the "Chronicle of the Horse Forums"
FOR MEN: HOW TO SPOT A HORSE WOMAN
1.She's easy to find: She's either on her horse, or in the barn.
2. She holds a Double Standard: She kisses the most gnarly, bewhiskered beast, but recoils when a man needs a shave.
3. She owns ONE vacuum cleaner and operates it exclusively in the barn.
4. She's quite social provided another horse woman gives the party. Falls asleep in her soup at all other functions.
5. She's a culinary perfectionist She checks every section of hay for mold, yet doesn't blink when she petrifies dinner in the microwave.
6. Occasionally amorous although she'll NEVER leave lipstick on your collar - at worst, a slight trace of chapstick.
7. Easy to outfit: No need for embarrassing visits to uncomfortable little boutiques. She finds all she needs at the local tack store.
8. Owns a selective sense of smell Bitterly complains about sticky-sweet cigar smoke of others while remaining totally oblivious to the almost visible aroma of her barn boots drying next to the heater.
9. Unmistakable in a bathing suit: She's the one whose tan starts at the nose, ends at the neck, and picks up again at the wrists.
10 Has your leisure at heart: Eliminates grass cutting by turning every square inch of lawn into pasture, which in turn, converts itself into mud.
11. A Financial Whiz: Easily defends spending $500 at the tack shop, but croaks when you blow $10 on bowling.
12. Socially aware: Knows that formal occasions call for clean boots.
13. Sentimental fool: Displays a minimum of six 8x10 color photos of the horses in her house and carries a crumpled snapshot of you (taken before you were married) somewhere in the bottom of her purse.
14. Possesses unique displays of affection: If she pats you on the back and says, "Good Boy," believe it or not, SHE LOVES YOU! AUTHOR UNKNOWN
"Lived in the saddle, loved the chase, the course, and always, 'ere he mounted, kissed his horse." WILLIAM COWPER
"A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle." IAN FLEMING
"Cowgirl - a better-looking cowboy with brains." ANONYMOUS
"Weave for the mightly chestnut, a tributary crown
Of Autumn flowers, the brightest then,
When Autumn leaves are brown, Hang up his bridle on the wall; His saddle on the tree, Till time shall bring some racing king, Worthy to wear as he!"
WILLIAM NACK
"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
"Don't be the rider who gallops at night and never sees the horse that is beneath him!" JELALUDDIN RUMI
"I have spent most of my life riding horses - the rest I've just wasted." ANONYMOUS
"You can tell a Gelding; you can ask a MARE; but you must discuss it with a Stallion." ANONYMOUS
"He knows when you're happy,
He knows when you're comfortable,
He knows when you're confident;
And he ALWAYS knows when you have CARROTS." ANONYMOUS
"Computers are like horses - press the right button and they'll take you anywhere." ANONYMOUS
"The Horse: Here is nobility without conceit, friendship without envy, beauty without vanity, a willing servant, yet no slave." ANONYMOUS
"The horse has so docile a nature, That he would always rather do Right than Wrong, if he can only be taught to distinguish one fomr the other." GEORGE MELVILLE
"Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder - not a straight one in it." WENDELL PHILLIPS
"Do not spur a free horse." LATIN PROVERB
"They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom." BEN JOHNSON
"The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action, in man." D.H. LAWRENCE
"It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask and take it as required." Canadian humorist STEPHEN LEACOCK
"A Horse Is...
A vibrant, complex soul, designed of nerves, tissues, organs and muscles;
A creature of huge mass, of endless capabilities, interwoven by Nature Herself;
with the flexibility and ingenuity
to provide transportation, work and entertainment.
An individual with his or her own personality - one which must be carefully assessed and abetted each step along the way;
constantly striving for the eternal bond of trust.
Someone whose needs must be met consistently and faithfully;
someone to whom we give to, and receive from,
respect, devotion and love. - AUTHOR UNKNOWN
"The Wind of Heaven Is That Which Blows Between A Horse's Ears." Arab Proverb
