Words of Wisdom

"Record books didn't hold all the answers. In the end, no matter how astonishing their numbers, great horses were remembered for something more than numbers. It was a feeling they gave you, a belief in something bigger then yourself. They were a reminder, if only for an instant, that some bright, wordless magic still existed in the world."
~Jane Schwartz

"Somewhere…Somewhere in time's Own Space
There must be some sweet pastured place
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow
Some paradise where horses go,
For by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again."
~Stanley Harrison

"When I looked at life from the saddle, it was as near to heaven as it was possible to be."
~Frances, Countess of Warwick

"Wherever thrumming hoof beats drum
As galloping riders go or come;
Wherever a saddle is still a throne
And dust of hoofs by wind is blown;
Wherever are horsemen, young or old,
The pacing Mustang's tale is told."
~Anonymous, The White Mustang

"Some people think horses are dumb. Ability and intelligence are in all horses, regardless of breed. Their so-called stupidity stems from our poor communication. Training a horse is like drawing a picture. The better I draw the picture, the better the communication. If I'm drawing a horse in pencil, I've communicated something. If I add crayon to my drawing, you can then tell that the horse I've drawn is a Palomino. Does that mean that you've gotten smarter? No. It means that I've become a better communicator."
~John Lyons

"If the world was truly a rational place, men would ride sidesaddle."
~Rita Mae Brown

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

"To be loved by a horse, or any animal, should fill us with awe, for we have not deserved it."
~Marion C. Garretty

"You can not train a horse with shouts and expect it to obey a whisper."
~Dagobert D. Runes

"The ears never lie."
~Don Burt

"God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses."
~R.B. Cunninghame-Graham in a letter to President Theodore Roosevelt

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

It's a lot like nuts and bolts. If the rider's nuts, the horse bolts."
~The Horse Whisperer

"When I hear somebody talking about a horse being stupid, I figure it's a sure sign that it has outfoxed them."
~Tom Dorance

"Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground."
~Anonymous

"A horseman is one who not only rides (although some fine horsemen do not ride at all) but also seeks to know the horse--it's nature, needs and management--and feels a deep responsibility for his horses, the care they get, and the life they lead."
~Susan Harris

"Practice sharpens, but overschooling blunts the edge. If your horse isn't doing right, the first place to look is yourself."
~Joe Heim

"If riding were all blue ribbons and bright lights, I'd have quit long ago."
~George Morris

"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."
~Lucy Rees, The Horse's Mind

"Horse, thou art truly a creature without equal, for thou fliest without wings and conquerest without a sword."
~The Koran

"There are friends and faces that may be forgotten, but there are horse that never will be."
~Cindy Adams

"Nothing on four legs is quicker than a horse heading back to the barn."
~Pamela C. Biddle and Joel E. Fishman

"People, then, are not friend to horses unless their horses love them in return."
~Plato, Lysis