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Famous horse
quotes - 4
Whose only fit companion is his horse. William Cowper
Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, and always, ere he
mounted, kiss'd his horse. William Cowper
He doth nothing but talk of his horse. William Shakespeare
Look back at man's struggle for freedom.
Trace our present day's strength to its source,
And you'll find that man's pathway to glory
Is strewn with the bones of a horse. Unknown
He who knows others is wise - he who knows himself is enlightened. Leo-tzu
C.604-C.531 B.C.
Never let his fire die out, but kindle it with words. Let him know that
you are honored to be carried along on his strong shoulders and swift
feet.
Contributed by Susan Grant Carl Raswan
Drinkers of the Wind
If wishes were horses - dreamers would ride.
Contributed by Michelle S. Melton Unknown
I look at the beauty of my lil' mustang stud and think that is how I would
love to be if I were a horse. Free, graceful, beautiful, and not a care in
the world. And all eyes are on me when I display my beauty. Athena T.
Wilder
For want of a Nail the Shoe was lost;
for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost;
and for want of a Horse the Rider was was lost;
being overtaken and slain by the Enemy,
all for want of Care about the Horse-shoe Nail. Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richards' Almanac
1758
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
1573-1637
Again the early-morning sun was generous with its warmth. All the sounds
dear to a horseman were around me - the snort of the horses as they
cleared their throats, the gentle swish of their tails, the tinkle of the
irons as we flung the saddles over their backs - little sounds of no
importance, but they stay in the unconscious library of the memory.
Contributed by Juliana Thomas Wynfors Vaughan
Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.
Contributed by Mary Watters The London Times
People ought to quit worrying so much about whispering to their horses and
just start listening to them."
Contributed by Kelley Thomson Greg Darnall
(As quoted in the AQHA America's Horse Magazine: wording may not be exact)
A horse's behavior will be in direct proportion to the number of people
watching you ride him.
Contributed by Juliana Thomas Cooky Mclung
This is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've
understood all your life, but in a new way.
Contributed by Vicky Thomas Doris Lessing
Where in all the world is nobility found without conceit? Where is there
friendship without envy? Where is beauty without vanity? Here one finds
gracefulness coupled with power, and strength tempered with gentleness. A
constant servant, yet no slave. A fighter, ever without hostility. Our
history was written on his back. We are his heirs. But he is his own
heritage, the horse. H. H. Eisenbart
in Eisenbart and Buhrer:
The Kingdom of the Horse
(1969)
No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle. Winston Churchill
In riding a horse, we borrow freedom. Helen Thompson
B. 1943
I think that if I become a horseman, I shall be a man on wings. Xenophon
The Cyropedia IV iii
If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it'll take all day. Act
like you've got all day and it'll take fifteen minutes. Monty Roberts
A good trainer can hear a horse speak to him. A great trainer can hear him
whisper. Tom Petty
The line between brilliance and explosion is always fine, but it is the
place where genius always thrives.
Contributed by Jan B. Newman Robert Dover
Dressage Today 7/96
Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them
Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth. William Shakespeare
Henry V
So did this horse excel a common one
In shape, in courage, color, pace and bone...
What a horse should have he did not lack,
Save a proud rider on so proud a back. William Shakespeare
Venus and Adonis
...through his mane and tail the high wind sings,
fanning the hairs, who wave like feather'd wings. William Shakespeare
Venus and Adonis
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
A lot of what's about horses is nuts and bolts -- If the rider's nuts, the
horse bolts. The Horse Whisperer
"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep
them in working order." John Adams
"The respect of tradition should not prevent the love of progress."
Contributed by Joyce McFadden General L'Hotte
Dressage Master
"You will find it is always easier to walk if there is a horse between
your legs."
Contributed byTracy Vinciguerra Tex Bix Bender
"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep
them in working order."
Contributed byTracy Vinciguerra John Adams
"Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep
away from horses."
Contributed byTracy Vinciguerra Duke of Edinburgh
"Learning dressage takes two lifetimes -- yours ... and your horse's."
Contributed by Sue Ivy Unknown
"I smell her still, I see her still, I hear the way she used to move about
at night. What horse is ever so old as to forget his dam?"
Contributed by HC John Hawkes
in "Sweet William"
"Horses leave hoofprints on your heart."
Contributed by Tracy Vinciguerra Author unknown, 1995
"No heaven can heaven be, if my Horse isn't there to welcome me."
Contributed by Tracy Vinciguerra LM, 1995
"When I competed, I tried to do my best. In my early years, I just went as
fast as I could to get out of the ring as soon as I could. I concentrated
so hard that I really messed up by not taking the time to show the judge
what my horse and I could really do. My scores got better when I learned
to just relax and take the attitude, 'Hey, I'm on my horse and I'm going
to show my horse off.' That's when I started to take time to prepare him
for each movement -- I rode the test better, and my scores improved
enormously. When I rode for myself, that's when I got better. It's a
matter of confidence and getting used to showing."
from Equerry Exclusive Interview with Linda Zang Linda Zang, 1998
"Some people have animal eyes - bears' eyes, cats' eyes, pigs' eyes, but
horses have human eyes and I love horses better than people."
Contributed by Nicole Jose Garcia Villa
Filipino Author
"There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse."
Contributed by Shelley Schoenrock Robert Smith Surtees
"A horse is a thing of such beauty...none will tire of looking at him as
long as he displays himself in his splendor."
Contributed by Juliana Thomas Xenophon, 400 B.C.
"Where in this world can man find nobility without pride, friendship
without envy, beauty without vanity? Here, where grace is laced with
muscle, and strength by gentleness confined. He serves without servility;
he has fought without enmity. There is nothing so powerful, nothing less
violent; there is nothing so quick, nothing more patient..." Robert Duncan
The Horse of the Year Show
"Honor lies in the mane of a horse." Contributed by J. Thomas. Herman
Melville
When your homing carloads swing
Past us down the crisping lanes,
and your dazzling headlights fling,
snow white roses on our reins,
would you choose your sheltered flight,
would we take your cushioned ease,
for the wide and scented night
and the horse between our knees?
Contributed by J. Thomas. W.H. Olgivie
A good horse makes short miles.
Contributed by J. Thomas. George Elliot
God first made Man. He thought better of it and made Woman. When He got
time He made the Horse, which has the courage and spirit of Man and the
beauty and grace of Woman. Brazilian saying
Yet if man, of all the Creator plann'd
His noblest work is reconed,
Of the works of His hand, by sea or land,
The horse may at least rank second. Adam Lindsay Gordon
1833-1870 Hippondromania
The sun it was, ye glittering gods,
ye took to make a horse. Dirga-Tamas
Indian Vedic Poet, c1000 BC
"...through his mane and tail the high wind sings,
Fanning the hairs, who wave like feathered wings." William Shakespeare
There on the tips of fair fresh flowers feedeth he; how joyous is his
neigh, there, in the midst of sacred pollen hidden, all is he; how joyous
is his neigh. Navajo Song
The substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a
very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind. Contributed by B.K.
Jones Sir Winston Churchill
(1874-1965)
"...and God took a handful of southerly wind, blew his breath over it and
created the horse..." Bedouin Legend
Twilight gathers and ends our play,
Hoofs in the distance echo away;
Shadows into the dusk we pass...
Come what may, we have had our day
Over the grass. Will H. Ogilvie
b. 1869 Over The Grass
Sing, riding's a joy! For me I ride. Robert Browning
1812-1889
The Last Ride Together
"What a piece of work is a horse! How noble in reason! How infinite in
faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like
an angel! In apprehension how like a man! The beauty of the world! The
paragon of animals!" James Agate
1877-1947 Alarums and Excursions
Of all Creatures God made at the Creation, there is none except man more
excellent, or so much to be respected as a Horse. Bedouin Legend
"Most important is love of the horse. It is the leitmotif that should
underlie all our intercourse with the most lovable of creatures. A horse
will overcome its inborn shyness and gain confidence, the fundamental
condition for mutual understanding, with a man whose love it feels.
Subsequently, when strictness or punishment becomes necessary, the horse
will know that it was deserved, for it has never suffered injustice or
arbitrariness. It has been able to judge the rider's good nature by the
fact that he was on the lookout, so to speak, for the slightest indication
of responsiveness to his controls to find an opportunity to reward his
horse, and that he was magnanimous in forgetting to punish when the
mistake was due to clumsiness or inadequate understanding." Waldemar
Seunig's book "Horsemanship"
"...patience, inexhaustible patience--especially when psychological and
physical defects are present--is necessary to make the horse understand
what we want of it. Patience is equally necessary in order not to grow
immoderately demanding, which always happens when we do not reward an
initial compliance by immediate cessation of the demand, but try to enjoy
a victory until the horse becomes cross or confused." Waldemar Seunig's
book "Horsemanship"
"His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces
homage. He is indeed, a horse." William Shakespeare
"Confidence is absolutely essential because without it the horse just
cannot make a sufficient surrender of himself, mentally and physically, to
learn and to absorb our teaching. Mental and physical processes are so
intimately connected, that they cannot be separated." Henry Wynmalen
"Dressage"
"Horses are so forgiving." Tom Dorrance
"There is nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a
horse." Will Rogers
"...This most noble beast is the most beautiful, the swiftest and of the
highest courage of domesticated animals. His long mane and tail adorn and
beautify him. He is of a fiery temperament, but good tempered, obedient,
docile and well-mannered." Pedro Garcia Conde, 1685
"In riding a horse, we borrow freedom." Helen Thomson, b. 1943
"A canter is a cure for every evil." Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81)
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." Arabian
Proverb
"Where in this wide world can (a person) find nobility without pride,
friendship without envy or beauty without vanity? Here, where grace is
laced with muscle and strength by gentleness confined. He serves without
servility, he has fought without enmity. There is nothing so powerful,
nothing less violent; there is nothing so quick, nothing more patient."
Ronald Duncan
from "To the Horse"
"We have almost forgotten how strange a thing it is that so huge and
powerful and intelligent an animal as a horse should allow another, and
far more feeble animal, to ride upon its back." Peter Gray, b. 1928
"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the
inside of a man." Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"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
. . ." D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
"Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs in
the dark." Saying of the Gladdagh Gypsies of Galway
"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."
Stephen Leacock (1896-1944)
from "Literary Lapses Reflections on Riding"
"There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that
makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing." Will Rogers
Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are. Contributed by Joe
O'C. Old English Saying
Anything forced and misunderstood can never be beautiful. And to quote the
words of Simon: If a dancer was forced to dance by whip and spikes, he
would be no more beautiful than a horse trained under similar conditions.
Xenophon, 400 B.C.
The horse symbolizes beauty, grace, and power, and a rider feels part of
that spirit. Contributed by J. Thomas. L.S. (?)
"When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something.
When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter."
Contributed by J. Thomas. Roy Rogers
Every horse thinks his own pack the heaviest. (Aphorism) (unknown)
"Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool
from any direction." Cowboy wisdom
"Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse." (unknown)
Nothing does as much for the insides of a man than the outsides of a
horse. Ronald Reagon
North Platte, Nebreska, 1987
Life is good; a horse makes it better! Contributed by Raine (unknown)
He who said he made a small fortune in the horse business
Probably started out with a large fortune! Contributed by M.S.O. (unknown
proverb)
People on horses look better than they are,
People in cars look worse than they are. Contributed by M.S.O. Myra Mannes
"Horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on what people will do."
Raymund Nash
"Some folks get credit for having horse sense that hain't ever had enough
money to make fools of themselves." K. Hubbard
[He was] "so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages...So
ignorant, that he bought a cow to ride one." Benjamin Franklin
"Sir, I would horsewhip you if I had a horse." Groucho Marx
"I just played a horse yesterday so slow that the jockey kept a diary of
the trip."
"I once bet on a horse that was so slow I bet it to live." Henny Youngman
Plutarch
"A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are
young, but also when they are old and past service." Contributed by C.M.
Burns
Robert Smith Surtees
"There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse."
Winston Churchill
"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the
inside of a man."
An Arabian proverb
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears."
Edmund Spenser
"Hard is to teach an old horse amble true."
D.H. Lawrence
"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 ..."
Peter Gray
"We have almost forgotten how strange a thing it is that so huge and
powerful and intelligent an animal as a horse should allow another, and
far more feeble animal, to ride upon its back."
Benjamin Franklin
" For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the
horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being
overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a
horseshoe nail."
John Adams
"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep
them in working order."
William Cowper
"Whose only fit companion is his horse."
Shakespeare
"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"
R.B. Cunningham Graham
"God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses."
The Arabian Knights
"'I see nothing unusual,' replied the king. 'True, the mane is a handsome
one. Yes, he is twice the size of the horses we keep here in the stables.
His form is handsome. His eyes are bright -' 'That is not all,'
interrupted the traveler. 'You have only to climb on his back and wish
yourself anywhere in the world - and, no matter how far the distance, in a
flash of time too short to count you will find yourself there. It is this,
Your Highness, that makes my horse so wonderful.'"
Nicholas Evans, "The Horse Whisperer"
"'He's not going to look back if you don't,' he said, 'They're the most
forgiving creatures god ever made.'"
Monica Dickens, "Talking of Horses..."
"When I can't ride anymore, I shall still keep horses as long as I can
hobble about 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."
The Koran
"When God created the horse, he said to the magnificent creature: I have
made thee as no other. All the treasures of the earth shall lie between
thy eyes. Thou shalt cast thy enemies between thy hooves, but thou shalt
carry my friends upon they back. Thy saddle shall be the seat of prayers
to me. And though fly without any wings, and conquer without any sword."
Ben Johnson, "Explorata: Illiteratus Princeps"
"They say that 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."
William Cavendish
"A boy is 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 as they get on a horse,
entirely undressed and untaught, fancy that by beating and spurring they
will make him a dressed horse in one morning only. I would fain 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."
Phil West
"You don't break these animals, you come to an understanding with them."
John Wayne, "North To Alaska"
"Women, I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse."
W.C. Fields
"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on
people." Contributed by: Gayle Arnold
Victor Hugo
"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the
streets
and frighten the horses." Contributed by: Gayle Arnold
Groucho Marx
"Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse. "
William Shakespear- "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; He is pure air and fire;"
Contributed by Julie Kirk http://home1.gte.net/boju/
Author Unkown- "The Horse. Man's noblest companion."
Bedouin Legend- "...and God took a handful of Southerly wind, blew his
breath over it, and created the horse." Contributed by: Karen Butzin
The following have been contributed by our good friend from Tucson AZ, Ron
Kiley. Thanks Ron:
Gervase Markham- "...there is a secret pleasing and cherishing of the
horse with the bridle, which the rider must accomplish with so
unperceiving a motion that none but the beast may know it."
Walter Farley- Author of the Black Stallion series
Yet when the books have read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his
human companion, and what goes on between them.
John Astley- "But if a rider teach his horse to go with the bridle
loose...he would
thus lead him to do everything in...pleasure and pride."
Colonel Podhajsky- "If a horse becomes more beautiful* in the course of
his work, it is a
sign that the training principles are correct."
JRD- "A relationship built on trust is stronger than one resulting from
truce."
Vicki Hearne - "I never encountered a horse in whose soul there was no
harmony to call on."
Colonel Podhajsky- "..the rider who rests content with imitations of
beauty* finds his horses going crazy, altho sometimes not violently enough
to be noticed."
Charles de Kunffy- "The horse knows how to be a horse if we will leave him
alone... but the riders don't know how to ride. What we should be doing is
creating riders and that takes care of the horse immediately."
"In partnership with a horse, one is seldom lacking for thought, emotion
and inspiration. One is always attended by a great companion."
Stanley Schmidt- "Through our entire history we have become accustomed to
pushing [animals] around in ways dictated by our own wants and needs
without much regard for theirs.
Marcus Aurelius- "...It is also good to pet the beast while he eats so
that he will relax."
Pluvinel, 350 yrs. ago- "We shall take great care not to annoy the horse
and spoil his friendly charm, for it is like the scent of a blossom - once
lost it will never return."
*The words beauty and beautiful in these contexts lean more towards a
meaning of truth, trust, or spirit rather than physical beauty.
Author Unkown- The Horse: Friendship without envy, Beauty without vanity,
Nobility without conceit, A willing partner, yet no slave.
Ronni Sweet-"It is the horse's gift to connect us with Heaven and our own
footsteps."
Franz Mairinger:- From the book: "Horses Are Made To Be Horses": "...the
Lord looked down on a Sunday morning and saw that something was missing -
something that represented His patience, His understanding, His love, His
everything, indeed all that was good - and He created the horse."
Contributed by: Susannah Blair, Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia.
Old Gaelic proverb- "Cha cḥir an t-each glan a chur uige." (The willing
horse should not be spurred.) Contributed by:Barbara Burton of Cloughrinka
Stables, Webb, Alabama
A Civil War Quote Kept by a Family- "It'll never be noticed on a galloping
horse",
was what one of my ancestors said as her son rode off to the Civil War
wearing a uniform made of the wool of a black sheep and white sheep spun
and woven together. There had been no dye with which to color the wool
grey, so she and a daughter had improvised in order to make the uniform.
We have always used the expression to indicate not to worry unnecessarily
over small details. The son did not return from the war. Contributed by:
Anne Wood, Lexington, Kentucky
Author Unknown- My treasures do not click together or glitter, they gleam
in the sun and neigh in the night. Contributed by: Candi Parker
Lucy Rees- Riding is a partnership. The horse lends you his strength,
speed and grace, which are greater than yours. For your part you give him
your guidance, intelligence and understanding, which are greater than his.
Together you can achieve a richness that alone neither can. Contributed
by: Candi Parker
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