Some of my favorite horse quotes……
Sunday, October 1st, 2006“Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and
self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquillity to troubled souls-they
give us hope!”
–Toni Robinson
“God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses.”
– R. B. Cunningham Graham
“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the
inside of a man.”
–Sir Winston Churchill
“The horse is God’s gift to man.”
–Arabian Proverb
“Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are.”
–Old English Saying
“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle”
–Winston Churchill
“There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse”
–Robert Smith Surtees
“To be loved by a horse, or by any animal, should fill us with awe-
for we have not deserved it.”
–Marion Garretty
“Experienced riders are not prone to brag. And usually newcomers,if they
start out being boastful, end up modest.”
–C.J.J. Mullen
“Horse, thou art truly a creature without equal, for thou fliest without
wings and conquerest without sword.”
–The Koran
“It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to
fall.”
–Mexican Proverb
“A canter is the cure for every evil.”
–Benjamin Disrael
“Dog lovers hate to clean out kennels. Horse lovers like cleaning stables.”
–Monica Dickens
“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
”I saw a child who couldn’t walk, sit on a horse, 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 that same child was heard to say, Thank God for showing me the way.”
– John Anthony Davis
In riding a horse, we borrow freedom.
– Pam Brown
I ride, therefore I am.
– Unknown
The Horse: Here is nobility without conceit, friendship without envy, beauty without vanity, a willing servant, yet no slave.
– Unknown
You can tell a gelding, ask a mare; but you must discuss it with a stallion.
– Unknown
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
There are only two emotions that belong on the saddle; One is a sense of humor, and the other is patience.
– John Lyons
A dog looks up to man, A cat looks down at man,But a patient horse looks a man in the eye and sees him as an equal.
-Unknown
The love for a horse is just as complicated as the love for another human being…If you never love a horse, you will never understand.
-Unknown
All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl.