1. A Dog looks up to a man, A cat looks down on a man, But a patient horse looks a man in the eye and sees him as an equal. 2. A woman needs two animals: The horse of her dreams and a jackass to pay for it. 3. Poverty is another word for owning a horse... 4. A little horseplay... the way best to enjoy a summer day! 5. If every child had a horse, what's the point a getting a car? 6. Cowgirl: A better-looking cowboy with brains. 7. Life is short!! Hug your horse!! 8. When in doubt, ask a horse. 9. When riding my horse I no longer have my heart in my chest, but between my knees. 10. Wot programme do horses watch? - Neigh-bours. 11. Correction does much for the horse, but encouragement does more. 12. A horse is an angel without wings 13. I whisper to my horse, but he never listens! 14. My other car is a horse. 15. Just because you can jump a fence going north doesn't mean you can jump in going south. 16. A good rider can hear his horse speak to him. A great rider can hear his horse whisper. But a bad rider won't hear his horse even if it screams at him! 17. 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 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 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.     - Reproduced from The Man Who Listens to Horses - Original source unknown. 18. You never get the pleasure of owning a horse, you only have the pleasure of being its slave. 19. Grooming: the process by which the dirt on the horse is transferred to the groom. 20. You can love horse and ride it and a horse can love you and squash you. 21. Some are slaves on the ground but are free on a horse. 22. Nothing moves me more than when on the way to fetching in my mare in the morning than the sound of her neighing to me as i open the gate. 23. The Joy of horses is not the riding, jumping, racing,showing, or grooming, but of owning!!! 24. 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. 25. A mule is just like horse, but even more so.     - Pat Parelli 26. A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care.     - Pat Parelli 27. A horse is like a best friend. They`re always there to nuzzle you and make your life a better place. 28. The hardest thing about learning to ride is the ground! 29. My horse is security conscience... he always likes to bolt the stable door when I leave. 30. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.     - Confucious 31. My horse is very quick. Sometimes he's so quick he leaves me behind. 32. I live in a house but my home is in the stable. 33. ...virtue shall be bound into the hair of thy forelock... I have given thee the power of flight without wings.     - The Koran 34. 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 35. 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 36. A polo handicap is a persons ticket to the world.     - Sir Winston Churchill 37. Horses are the dolphins of the plains, the spirits of the wind; yet we sit astride them for the sake of being well-groomed, whereas they could have all the desire in the world to bolt, but instead, they adjust their speed and grace, only to please us, never to displease.     - Lauren Salerno 38. You can lead your horse to water, but you can't stop him pulling you away!!! 39. A man of kindness to his horse, is kind But brutal actions show a brutal mind. He was designed thy servant, not thy drudge. Remember his creator is thy judge. 40. Horse... If God made anything more beautiful he kept it for himself! 41. Attributed to Lady Thornicroft after the hunt. when a saboteur asked her why the horse was so hot and sweated up; "If I had you between my legs for two and a half hours you dear sir, you would be equally as hot and sweaty." 42. If a horse stands on you its because your in the way. 43. How to ride a horse: Step One - Mount the horse. Step Two - Stay mounted ... 44. A stubborn horse walks behind you, an impatient horse walks in front of you, but a noble companion walks beside you. 45. When your horse follows you with out being asked, when he rubs his head on yours, and when you look at him and feel a tingle down your spine you know you are loved...do you love him back? 46. A western horse has guts and commitment, an english horse has grace and elegance, but my horse has it all! 47. A polo pony is like a motorbike with a mind of its own weighing half a ton. 48. Been There... Jumped That! 49. There are only two emotions that belong in the saddle; one is a sense of humour and the other is patience.     - John Lyons 50. When in doubt, leave one stride out! 51. In my opinion, a horse is the animal to have. 1100 pounds of raw muscle, power, grace, and sweat between your legs - it's something you just can't get from a pet hamster.     - Anonymous 52. If you are a rider, the number one thing to do is ... marry money! 53. Words are as beautiful as wind horses, and sometimes as difficult to corral.     - Ted Berkman, The Christian Science Monitor 54. One reason why birds and horses are happy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.     - Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People 55. What the colt learns in youth he continues in old age.     - French Proverb 56. Love means attention, which means looking after the things we love. We call this stable management.     - George H. Morris, The American Jumping Style 57. Care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse.     - Danish Proverb 58. Of all creature God made at the Creation, there is none more excellent, or so much to be respected as a horse.     - Bedouin Legend 59. It is the difficult horses that have the most to give you.     - Lendon Gray 60. An exhibitor went up to a horse show judge to complain about being placed below someone who made some sort of mistake, such as being on the wrong lead. The judge's explanation:'the other guy did it better wrong than you did it right. 61. Every time you ride, your either teaching or un-teaching your horse.     - Gordon Wright 62. One man's wrong lead is another man's counter-canter.     - S.D. Price 63. You cannot train a horse with shouts and expect it to obey a whisper.     - Dagobert D. Runes 64. How do you catch a loose horse? Make a noise like a carrot.     - British Cavalry joke 65. If anybody expects to calm a horse down by tiring him out with riding swiftly and far, his supposition is the reverse of the truth.     - Xenophon 66. Wild oats aren't meant for sowing - but they make a nice trail snack. 67. Leave a horse's gate unfastened and he'll be knocking on your window in the night. 68. Whinnying is everything. 69. All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl. 70. Ask not what your horse can do for you - Ask what you can do for your horse. 71. May the horse be with you. 72. 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.     - Marguret Henry 73. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink," is an old saying that is not exacly true, because anybody that's ever been around horses would know if the horse didn't want to go to water then it wouldn't!! 74. A dog may be man's best friend...But the horse wrote history. 75. Lessons From Your Horse: When you're tense, let me teach you that there are lions in the woods, and we need to leave. NOW!! When you're short tempered, let me teach you how to slog around the pasture for an hour before you catch me. When you're short-sighted, let me teach you to figure out where, exactly, in 40 acres I'm hiding. When you're quick to react, let me teach you that herbivores kick much faster than omnivores. When you're worried, let me entertain you with my mystery lameness. When you feel superior, let me teach you that mostly, you're the maid service. When you're self-absorbed, let me teach you to pay attention!! (I told you about those lions in the woods...) When you're arrogent, let me teach you what 1,200 pounds of yahoo-let's-go! speed event horse can do when suitably inspired. When you're lonely, let me be your companion. Let's do lunch. Also breakfast, dinner, and snacks. When you're tired, don't forget the 600 pounds of grain that need to be unloaded. When you're feeling financially secure, let me teach you the meaning of "veterinary services, additional." 76. In training horses, one trains himself     - Antoine De Pluvinet 77. A horse is like a violin, first it must be tuned, and when tuned it must be accurately played. 78. Riders who force their horses by the use of the whip only increase their fear for they then associate the pain with the thing that frightens them.     - Xenophon 79. Heels down and head up, knees down and Heart up, Ankles close to your horse's side, elbows close to your own. 80. A horse is an animal not a machine and is only as good as it's rider. 81. Riding is not a sport, it is a passion. If you do not share the passion, you do not know the sport, and therefore are wasting your time. 82. Horses comment on a car -"150 horsepower, big deal. I'd be impressed if it ran on hay." 83. Whoever said that money cannot buy happiness didn't know where to buy a horse. 84. 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. 85. There is nothing like a rattling ride for curing melancholy!     - Pared 86. Good horses make short miles. 87. Horse sense - something that horses have that stops them betting on humans. 88. Jumping: It's just doing flat-work in the air. 89. When riding a horse we leave our fear, troubles, and sadness behind on the ground.     - Juli Carlson 90. Never drink down-stream from your horse! 91. Jumping is just dressage with speed bumps! 92. And on the seventh day ... god went riding! 93. As the wind swept over the saddle, it turned to a mixture of bright colors and painted the world.     - Ronan Warriors 94. Riding a Shire is like a moving sofa!!! 95. Be wary of the horse with a sense of humour.     - Pam Brown 96. The Sugeon General said nothing about SMOKING THE COMPETITION!! 97. ... you rise and fall with the leg by the wall ... 98. Here is one little girl who would rather clean a stall than her own room... Here is one little girl who would rather wear chaps than a party dress... Here is one little girl who would rather go to the barn than the mall... 99. After God, we owe it to the horses. 100. Each leg in it's gallop seems to stream with a rush of speed as though from a bucket of water poured o'er the field.     - Arabian Poet 101. Bread may feed my body, but my horse feeds my soul. 102. When to see a horse you think low intelligence, to see a man high intelligence, but to mix to make a friendship you seem to get greater intelligence 103. Horses give us the wings we lack. 104. I was lying, bolstered up in bed, reading, when I heard a rush of flying feet, and in an instant, with a loud joyful neigh, she checked herself infront of my window. And when the nurse lifted the sash, the beautiful creature thrust her head through the aperture, and rubbed her nose against my shoulder like a dog. I am not ashamed to say that I put both arms around her neck, and, burying my face in her mane, kissed her again and again. Wounded, weak and away from home, with only strangers to wait upon me, and scant service at that, the affection of this lovely creature for me, so tender and touching, seemed almost human, and my heart went out to her beyond any power of expression, as to the only being, of all the thousands around me, who thought of me and loved me. - WHH Murray - A Ride with a mad horse in a freight car 105. 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 th 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 106. Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. 107. It is easier to attach reins to a freight train and practice pulling to a halt than it is to slow down some of our horses. 108. Do not underestimate a horse's pride, or he will dent yours. 109. Gott my horse, gott my dog, don't need no cowboy! 110. If horses were wishes, We'd all own stables! 111. A camel is a horse designed by a committee. 112. A horse has so docile a nature that he would always rather do right then wrong, if only he could be taught to distinguish one from the other. 113. My horse is even politer than anyone could imagine, he lets me run the cross-country, dressage and the show jumping before he even thinks about doing it him self! 114. Farriers are like cats. They don't like to go out in the rain and they don't come when you call them. 115. For the wonderful brain of man However mighty its force Had never achieved its lordly plan Without the aid of a horse. - Ella Wilcox 116. 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 117. Before I loved horses I had nothing to live for, Now I love horses and can't stop seeing things to live for. God bless the Creature that is so noble they make me feel ALIVE!! 118. Yes! I hugged my horse today!!! 119. I love Fast Horses and Good Women Lord, so let me live my life with them. And when I die let my hide be made into a Ladies riding Saddle that I may be between them evermore!!! - Cowboys Prayer 120. The history of mankind is carried on the back of the horse. 121. No heaven can heaven be, if a horse isn't there to welcome me. 122. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. 123. There are no problem horses, just problem riders. 124. I understand that sense of loss... I can still hardly bare the emptiness and the thought of perhaps a trust betrayed, I should be looking after her now. All those wonderful adventures and hours of forgetfulness along muddy tracks and into deeper woods. All I have left are memories of a sense of gentle power kindly lent to me and whole days disappearing as I groomed and fussed. I pray she is alright, and I can still conjure her up with a pencil and paintbrush... 125. What has two ears, four legs, and a frog? - A Horse! 126. When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring? - George RuppHorses symbolize the personal drive for freedom shared by people of all nations. 127. The horse through all its trials has preserved the sweetness of paradise in its blood. - Johannes Jensen 128. When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have. - Sir Winston Churchill 129. Stay away from a horse long enough and you'll start tapping your fingers in the beat of a post trot. 130. A horse in the wind - a perfect symphony. 131. In teaching a horse it is a system of rewards and consequences, you reward or "praise" your horse when they have done what you have asked, and when they don't you give them consequences, but what you must always remember, no matter how angry you are, is that the rewards teach the horse, not the consequences. 132. Give me food and drink; and care for me. And when the day's work is done, shelter me. Give me a clean bed and leave me not too small a place in the stable. Talk to me, for your voice often takes the place of reins; be good to me and I shall serve you more gladly and love you. Don't tear at the reins. Don't reach for your crop when we come to a hill; don't beat me or hit me if I misunderstand. Don't think me disobedient if I fail your will; perhaps there is something wrong with my harness or my hooves. A bad tooth-you know how that hurts. Don't tether me too tight and don't crop my tail, my only weapon against mosquitoes and flies. Let me ask this of you in the name of Him who was born in the stable. And when the time comes, Dear Master, when I am no longer of use to you, don't let me starve, or freeze, nor sell me. Don't give me to a stranger who works me slowly to death and feeds me not; but be kind and prepare me for a quick and merciful end. God will reward you for it, now, and through eternity. And I shall come to you, always...... running. 133. Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to buy a horse. 134. They can turn on a dime and toss you back nine cents change, the American Quarter Horse. 135. On the first day god created horses, and on the second day he painted the good ones. 136. You can have my boyfriend, But stay away from my horse. 137. To ride is to take occasional trips into the dirt... 138. A horse's magnificence is in his strength of heart. With flowing tail and flying main, Wide nostrils, never stretched by pain, Mouths bloodless to the bit or rein, And feet that iron never shod, A thousand horses - the wild - the free Like waves that follow o'er the sea, Came thickly thundering on. 139. Drumming hooves, quiet ground... nature's song of joy. 140. O, for a morning in May... filled with the beauty of horses, soft with light of heaven. 141. A horse carries a certain goodness, an inner light from which beauty flows. 142. All I need to know in life I learned from my horse - Vol. 3 Leather and chains can make anyone look studly. Cold bathes are a form of cruel and unusual punishment. You've got horse sense. Use it! If god meant you to be incased in metal, He would've made you a Sherman Tank. If someone's constantly on your back, lie down and play dead, or run like heck. Happiness is a warm, fuzzy blanket and someone to share it with. Who needs nuclear power when you've got natural gas? 143. All I need to know in life I learned from my horse - Vol. 2 Eat plenty of roughage. Great legs and a nice rear will get you anywhere in life. Big, brown eyes help too. When you want your way, stomp hard on the nearest foot. In times of crises, take a poop. Act dumb when faced with a task you don't want to do. Follow the herd, that way you can't be singled out to take the blame. A swift kick in the butt will get anyone's attention. Love those who love you back, especially if they have something good to eat. 144. All I need to know in life I leaned from my horse - Vol. 1 When in doubt, run far, far away. You can never have too many treats. Passing gas in public is nothing to be ashamed of. New shoes are an absolute necessity every 6 weeks. Ignore cues, they're just another prompt to do more work. Everyone loves a good, wet, slobbery kiss. Never run when you can jog. Never jog when you can walk. And never walk when you can stand still. Heaven is eating at least 10 hours a day...and then sleeping the rest. 145. PLEASE don't feed fingers to the horses. 146. Riding isn't the matter of life or death. It's more important than that! 147. Nothing is more sacred as the bond between horse and rider...no other creature can ever become so emotionally close to a human as a horse. When a horse dies, the memory lives on because an enormous part of his owner's heart, soul, very existence dies also...but that can never be laid to rest, it is not meant to be... - Stephanie M Thorn 148. There is something about the sight of a fallen horse that strikes one's heart in such a way, even for those who are not particularly a horse lover...the significance of something so sacred, powerful, beautiful, intoxicating as the horse...when a fallen horse is seen overcome by life's obstacles, fallen tears and a jolt to the heart and soul can never be prevented... - Stephanie M Thorn 149. What the horse does under compulsion...is done without understanding...and there is no beauty in it. - Xenophon 150. Why go over this jump when there is a perfectly good path around it? 151. A penny saved is a penny you can spend no your next horse. 152. Do unto your horse as you would have your horse do unto you. 153. You can lead a horse to water but you can't stop him from rolling in it. 154. If you don't know where your'e going, the horse will decide for you. 155. In tug-of-war, the dumber animal always wins. 156. Without a horse, you're half complete. 157. My new horse was sold to me as a real gentleman to ride. He is, when we have to go over a fence he insists on ladies first!!! 158. Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly! 159. I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse. - John Galsworthy 160. Closness, friendship, affection: keeping your own horse means all these things. - Bertrand Leclair 161. Without the horse what would have become of man? It has served us for transport, in agriculture, industry since the dawn of time. - Bertrand Leclair 162. No one who longs for the "good old days" sighs for the passing of the working horse, Not if he or she loves horses. - Marion C. Garrety 163. The eternal and wonderful sight of horses at liberty is magical to watch. - Bertrand Leclair 164. Silence takes on a new quality when the only sound is that of regular and smooth hoof beats.... - Bertrand Leclair 165. The symbol of wide open spaces and freedom, synonymous with nature is a mechanised world, the horse ... feeds our imagination. - Bertrand Leclair 166. Machinery may make for efficiency and a standardisation of life, but horse love is a bond of freemasonry which unites the entire race ... - William Fawcett 167. The delicate and exquisite horse is itself a work of art. - Bertrand Leclair 168. ... the horse has been, of all animals, man's most constant companion in work and leasure. - From Horses 169. We dominate a horse by mind over matter. We could never do it by brute strength. - Monica Dickens 170. And He shall come in, riding a white horse... - Revelations 171. The horse stopped with a jerk, and the jerk fell off - Jim Culleton 172. Just knowing we have both learnt something when I have finished riding is enough for me! 173. Horseback riding is life, the rest is just details. 174. The most wonderful about riding is getting off and knowing you've both enjoyed. 175. You don't have to go to the stables and ride EVERY day, just the ones that end in "y" 176. Manure Happens. 177. Definition of a horse: A beast that bites at one end; kicks at the other; and is slippery in the middle. 178. Don't count your ribbons before the show starts. 179. A pair of boots and chaps do not make you a rider. 180. When the Lord maketh a horse to lie down in green pastures, you better get out of the way. 181. Even the greenest horse has something to teach the wisest rider. 182. Nothing on four legs is quicker than a horse heading back to the barn. 183. If there is a more beautiful creature on earth not one person has seen or heard of it. 184. Woman have Horses because there are so few good men around. 185. You show me someone that doesn't like horses and I'll show you someone who can't ride. 186. I don't care who tells me to, I'm not going to die until someone proves to me that there are hosres in Heaven. 187. I have often been asked why do I like horses so much. Look into one's eyes. There you will see generations of horses who have served the human for thousands of years faithfully for nothing in return, beaten horses, starved hoses, horses who no longer pocess a sprit. They deserve to be loved and respected as much as humanly possible. Let them run free again. Let them no longer be a faithful beast, but embrace them as you would a dear friend, for they are. 188. Who among us has not as a child asked Sants Clause to bring us a pony on Christmas day? 189. If I had a dime for every time that I thought of a horse's beauty I'd have enough to buy one. 190. I have seen things so beautiful they have brought tears to my eyes. Yet, none of them can match the gracefulness and beauty of a horse running free. 191. Horse people are stable people. 192. Riding is really pretty easy. All you have to do is sit straight, look up, carry your hands, put your heels down, squeeze in your leg, keep your chin up, your butt back, and LOOK GOOD DOING IT!!!!!!!!!!! 193. When you can recite the name of every horse at the riding school where you ride in alphabetical order-backwards and forwrds, then you know that you are truly horse-mad! 194. That horse goes so quietly he doesn't even leave footprints! 195. Adults - When you can no longer bend down to touch your toes whilst trotting, it is then you begin to realise you are not quite as youthful as you think! 196. But there is one rule inviolably observed above all others; that is, never approach a horse in a passion; for anger never thinks of consequences, and forces us to do what we afterwards repent. - Xenophon 197. Most persons do not ride; they are conveyed. - M.F. McTaggart 198. In training there is always the tendency to proceed too rapidly, go slowly with careful, cautious steps. Make frequent demands; be content with little; be lavish in rewards. - General Faverot de Kerbrech 199. The only approbation a rider should covet is that of his horse. - E. Beudant 200. Whenever difficulties appear, the rider must ask himself: does the horse not want execute my demands, does he not understand what I want, or is he physically unable to carry them out? The rider's conscience must find the answer. - Alois Podhajsky 201. The horse thinks one thing and he who saddles him another. - Benjamin Franklin 202. 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 203. Unless you are the lead horse the view is always the same. 204. The world is best viewed through the ears of a horse. 205. If the riders nuts the horses bolts. 206. All horseback riding is great until you go to a $40 show for a 75c ribbon. 207. When training young horses "There are many types of bits for many different disciplines, but the severity of ALL bits lies in the hands holding them. - Monte Roberts 208. Definition: Gallop - The customary gait a horse chooses when returning to the stable. 209. Definition: Equitation - The ability to keep a smile on your face and proper posture while your horse tries to crowhop, shy and buck his way around a show ring. 210. Definition: Colt - What your mare always gives you when you want a filly. 211. At least when my horse loses a shoe I don't have to buy four new ones. 212. Horses love carrots. Does that make them really big rabbits? 213. My horse rolls in the mud in order to test my ability to get him clean without getting him wet... 214. If my horse runs and plays with the other horses in the pasture but comes limping up to me...does that mean I'm being taken for a sucker? 215. He knows when you are happy, he knows when you are proud, he also knows when you have a carrot. 216. The Way to Heaven is on Horseback. 217. Heads up, Heels down. 218. Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses. - Elizabeth Taylor 219. Oats A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. - Dictionary of the English Language 220. They say he rides like part of the horse, but they don't say which part. - Filmgoer's Companion 1965 221. It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the horses. - D Fielding Duchess of Jermyn Street 222. Gelding = Taking the stallions mind off ass and putting it on grass. 223. Where would a rider be without a horse? 224. The hardest thing to do gracefully, is to get down off your high horse! 225. Many Mares were taught to stop to the sound of a bugal. There were all quite smart, beautiful in every way and spirited. They were then put into a hot barn. . .and left. They were starved, and in dire need of drink. They were then released in a rolling green pasture with a large lake. They all galloped, mane and tail flying, sleek body's with glossy coats. Then the trumpets blew. The obedient ones stopped. . .the others continued. . . The ones who halted on command were treated lavishly and became the foundation mares to the most elegant breed of all time, that of the Arabian. You can find traces of these devoted horses in every Arabian out there, you just have to take the time to listen to their story. . . Let then whisper in your ear, and breathe on your heart, you will never regret it. 226. If you want a stable friendship, get a horse! 227. Your horse probably won't go too far without you if there is some tasty grass around - remember to keep some handy if you anticipate falling off. - The Horse Illustrated Guide to English Riding 228. There comes a point in every rider's life when he wonders if it's all worth it. Then one look at the horse, and he realizes - it is. - Kelly Stewart 229. There come's a point in every rider's life when he has to sit back and wonder, Am I Nuts?? - Kelly Stewart 230. A bad ride is much better than a good walk. - Peter Grace 231. A little neglect may breed mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for wast of a horse the rider was lost; for was of a rider the battle was lost. - Benjamin Franklin 232. Horses can't talk but they can speak if you listen. 233. If your on the horse's neck you not on the horse for long. 234. Don't corner a frightened horse unless you know what to do with him. 235. He who needs a mounting block had better not fall off in the middle of the field. 236. There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need. - William Faulkner 237. Give a horse what he needs and he will give you his heart in return. 238. ...only ask, and he will weave a spell to light the dark recesses of your being, spinning around you a web of sweet delights. He will be your children's playmate; a child himself, he'll do no harm. He'll pardon like no other your omissions, errors, thoughtless handling. His back, a throne of feathers, will bear you smoothly at the trot and gallop. He'll go where others dare not.He'll stand firm where others flee in terror. You'll discover that the pirouette is easy, that a rein back can go on forever, that you need not be a great rider to perform airs above the ground. At the spur's light touch he'll take flight with the wind, bearing you safely through the air laden with long forgotten fragrance. With him, the distant mountains will be clearer, brighter the light of the stars, the trilling of the nightingale more joyful, sweeter the gurgling of the streams. And at last you'll understand why he was e'er the chosen one of kings. - Juan Llamas of the Spanish horse {Andalusian} 239. Dance above ground, never descending. Grace incarnate. Passion on hooves. 240. The only reason you don't like Saddlebreds is because your not good enough to ride one. 241. Horses are the most agreeable friends. They ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. 242. The love of horses knows not it's own depth till the hour of separation. 243. A well trained horse isn't less exciting than a wild one. 244. A horse who puts on a show in the dressage ring and strives to get through cross country and only knocks down one rail in stadium is more deserving of a break when he gets home than the horse who got first....only because he's worked harder for that trip around the course. 245. People always say that the view is better from the top of you horse....I say it's better just being with your horse. 246. Riding is for those people who see not a horse but a spirit next to them. 247. One who believes that he has conquered the art of riding, has not yet begun to master the art of dressage. 248. One who believes that he has mastered the art of horsemanship, has not yet begun to understand the horse. 249. One white foot buy it, two white feet try it, three white feet shy it, four white feet fry it. 250. Life is too short for a bad horse, bad dog, or bad man(woman). 251. Compare a hose to a cat - the difference is that a horse is useful. 252. A person that has a dog or cat has a companion. A person that has a horse has a treasure in there hart and a sparkle in there eyes and more love than the whole world. 253. To ride or not to ride, This is a stupid question - Brandy Michelle 254. If a man treats his wife like a thoroughbred, she'll never grow into an old nag! 255. Arabians: A little bit of everything perfect - Amanda Ferber 256. Like human beings, horses are all individuals with singular personalities, their own virtues and their own faults. We become bound to them for their beauty, their eccentricities, their heart and the love they so often return to us. - Lana Slaton 257. Ascot is so exclusive that it is the only racecourse in the world where the horses own the people. - Art Buchwald 258. A young trooper should have an old horse. - H.G. Bohn 259. Let the best horse leap the hedge first. - Thomas Fuller 260. You can take an old mule and run him and feed him and train him and get him in the best shape of his life, but you ain't going to win the Kentucky Derby! - Pepper Martin 261. Who buys a horse buys care. - Spanish proverb 262. No one can teach riding so well as a horse. - C.S. Lewis 263. Care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse. - Danish proverb 264. The hooves of a horse! Oh! Witching and sweet is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet; no whisper of love, no trilling of bird, can stir me as hooves of the horse have stirred. - Will H. Ogilvie 265. A bad day riding is better than a good day fishing 266. Breed the best to the best and hope for the best. - Breeder's axiom 267. If the horse does not enjoy his work, his rider will have no joy. - H.H. Isenbart 268. A well-bred foal brings joy to the stable 269. There's nothing like the first horseback ride to make a person feel better off. - Herbert V. Prochnow 270. We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse. - W.R. Inge 271. What the colt learns in youth he continues in old age. - French proverb 272. One must plow with the horses one has. - German proverb 273. There are only two classes in good society in England: the equestrian classes and the neurotic classes. - George Bernard Shaw 274. If one induces the horse to assume that carriage which it would adopt of its own accord when displaying its beauty, then one directs the horse to appear joyous and magnificent, proud and remarkable for having been ridden. - Xenophon 275. Horses have as much individuality and character as people. - C.W. Anderson 276. The horses of hope gallop, but the asses of experience go slowly. - Russian proverb 277. Set your sights after the last fence. 278. A fly, sir, may sting a stately horse, and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other a horse still. - Samuel Johnson 279. The day you put off vaccinations is the day your horse will be exposed. 280. A good horse is never a bad colour. 281. A horse in hand is worth a herd in the hills. 282. I pray the gentle hands may guide my feet;I ask for kind commands from voices sweet; At night a stable warm with scented hay, where, safe from every harm, I'll sleep till day. - Pony's prayer 283. As old wood is best to burn; old horses to ride; old books to read; old wine to drink; so are old friends most trysty to use. - Leonard Wright 284. If you look at the ground, you'll end up on the ground 285. One can't shoe a running horse. - Dutch proverb 286. Now the great winds shoreward blow Now the salt tides seaward flow Now the wild white horses play Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. - Mathew Arnold 287. Beauty, delicacy and position-these were the foundations of courtly equestrianism - Henning Eichberg 288. For the wonderful brain of man, however mighty its force, had never achieved its lordly plan without the aid of the horse. 289. The devil doesn't dare entering in a camp guarded by an arabian horse. - Arabian proverb 290. Use your head, not your spurs. 291. Ask, Insist, Order 292. Raise your horse as a son, ride him as an enemy. - Arabian proverb 293. Ask often, be content of little, reward always. - Nuno Oliveira 294. Put some excitement between your legs; ride a horse. 295. There is no moment in life as memorable as being upon a horses back! 296. To understand the soul of a horse is the closest we humans can come to knowing perfection. 297. To be a horse, or not to be a horse, that is the question? 298. My husband says if I spend one more weekend at a horse-show, he'll leave me. Darn - I'll miss him! 299. Three-day Eventing ...... gruelling test of elegance, skill, and endurance that makes both horse and rider appreciate the fourth day! 300. The more I meet men the better my horse looks. 301. Darkness comes on Stallion legs. Swift Black Rippling I ride. - Susan-Louise Johnson 302. Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyways. - John Wayne 303. Horses want one place rubbed, themselves. 304. The warmest feeling arrives when you know the horse you love is all cosy and snug, and it's all because of you. - Fiona-Louise Miller 305. There ain't a horse that can't be rode; there ain't a man that can't be throwed. 306. Never stand when you can sit; never walk when you can ride. 307. The hooves of a horse! Oh! Witching and sweet is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet, No whisper of love, no trilling of bird, could stir me as hooves of the horse have stirred! - Robert H. Ogilive 308. Feeling down? Saddle up, Its the only cure. 309. My horse is so pessimistic that whenever we vote on a subject, his answer is always neigh! 310. One must think when looking at a horse in motion, that it hears music inside its head. 311. They told me that when I bought a horse I would meet lots of new people. I did, and everyone of them is holding out their hands for money - the farrier, the saddler, the vet etc. 312. Your horse's behaviour always seems to depend on the number of people watching you. 313. God held a handful of ash, blew into it saying "Let it be the purest of creatures." Out of His hand galloped the black horse. 314. Keep one leg on one side, the other leg on the other side, and your mind in the middle. - Henry Taylor 315. One must plow with the horses one has. - German Proverb 316. Soft grass for an old horse. - Bulgarian Proverb 317. A horse shoe that clatters needs a nail. - Spanish Proverb 318. Once a horse is born someone will be found to ride it. - Hebrew Proverb 319. I never play horseshoes 'cause Mother taught us not to throw our clothes around. - Mr.Ed 320. The wind flew. God told to wind to condese itself and out of the flurry came the horse. But with the spark of sprit the horse flew by the wind itself. - Margruite Henry's King of the wind 321. Champing his foam, and bounding o'er the plain Arch his high neck, and graceful spread his mane. - Sir R.Blackmore 322. A horse in the stable is worth two in the pasture. 323. The horse is such a marvelous frustration. What other creature would go into a freshly bedded box, with a rack full of the finest hay, and promptly set about devouring her straw? 324. The more I know about men, the more I love my horse. 325. I used to have money, now I have horses. 326. I ride. Therefore I am. 327. At its finest, rider and horse are joined not by tack but by trust. Each is totally reliant upon the other..... Each is the selfless guardian of the others very well being. 328. If you ever hear a horse laugh, you'll laugh with amazement. 329. I use to have a handle on the reigns of life and the reigns of a horse, but then I fell of both. 330. In the trojan horse story man entered and touched the inside of a horse, but to see a horse in high spirits is to have the horse enter and touch the inside of a man. 331. The Horse's Prayer - I'm only a horse, dear Master, but my heart is warm and true, And I'm ready to work my hardest, for the pleasure of pleasing you. Good corn, and hay, and water, are all that I wish to ask. And a warm dry bed to rest on, when I've finished my daily task. Don't strike me in needless anger if I'm slow to understand, But encourage my drooping spirits with a gentle voice and hand. Finally, O my master! When my health and strength are gone-When I'm getting old and feeble, and my long life's work is done-Don't sell me to cruel owners, to be slaved to my latest breath, But grant me the untold blessing of a quick and painless death; That, as you have always found me a patient and loyal friend, The years of my faithful service may be crowned by a peaceful end. I plead in the name of the Savoir, Who cares when the sparrows fall. Who was born in a lowly stable, and knows, and loves us all! 332. As his ungrateful rider whips and spurs, the horse thinks an important warning, "I can run faster without you!" 333. Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances. - D. H. Lawrence 334. The trot is the foundation of the gallop. - Richard Berenger 335. The horse! The horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action, in man. - D. H. Lawrence 336. He that would venture nothing must not get on horseback. - Spanish proverb 337. He flung himself on his horses and rode off madly in all directions. - Stephen Butler Leacock 338. The horse has such a docile nature, that he would always rather do right the wrong, if he can only be taught to distinguish one from the other. - George Melville 339. What a piece of work is a horse! Hoe noble in reasons! 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 340. ...his hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again. - Rachel Field 341. Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same. - John Tyler's epitaph for his horse 342. The horse loves his oats more than his saddle. - Russian proverb 343. A little neglect may breed mischief, 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 lost... - Benjamin Franklin 344. A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! - Richard III - William Shakespeare 345. Many say and I agree, That only God could make a tree, But before God made a tree it's said, His mind was on the thoroughbred. 346. Lead, Follow or stay in the barn. 347. There are times when you can trust a horse, times when you can't, and times when you have to. 348. You know you are going really fast when you are galloping the same way as the wind is blowing, yet there is wind in your ears. - Larry 349. You can have a man, a woman, a dog or a cow and you will still dream for the horse. Of course, money/fame come a close second. - Magic Pony 350. Ask me to show you poetry in motion, and I will show you a horse. 351. If I had a horse, I'd ride off in the sunset, where dreams, and shadows lie. To a life, where pain and sorrow don't exist, and to where hopes, and dreams become reality. - Lindsay Turcotte 352. If your horse doesn't care, you shouldn't either. - Linsy Lee 353. On horseback you could ride through the cattle and they would pay no attention. But the minute you dismount, you becomes a threat. - David J Myers 354. I took to the life of a cowboy like a horse takes to oats. - Clinton McCoy 355. It is wonderful when one is out with these animals, how attached they become. There are times when I would walk up to my horse, that he would nicker in a low tone and ruh his nose against me in a very knowing manner. - HS Young 356. A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse. - Will James 357. Dressage riding comprises many skills, several of which are acquired by jumping and riding cross-country, or on trails. - Charles de Kunffy 358. It is the best of lessons if the horse gets a season of repose whenever he has behaved to his rider's satisfaction. - Xenophon - The Art of Horsemanship 359. If, however, you reward him with kindness after he has done as you wish, and punish him when he disobeys, he will be most likely to learn to obey as he ought. - Xenophon - The Art of Horsemanship 360. You can tell a horse owner by the interior of their 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 361. If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong. - Pat Parelli 362. If you start getting nervous about getting hurt you will be....If you are worringing about the danger it's time to give up. - Jason Weaver (jockey) 363. Four things greater than all things are Women and horses and power and War. - Rudyard Kipling 364. 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. 365. Your horse loves you; not for your looks, but for your love! (and food!) 366. My horses are my friends, not my slaves. - Reiner Klimke 367. There are fools, damn fools, and those who remount in a steeplechase. - Bill Whitbread 368. 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 369. All I pay my psychiatrist is cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to me any day! 370. I'd rather be dumped by a horse than dumped by a man! 371. Both a horse and a man have something in common, both dump you, though generally you get over the horse's dumping first. 372. To Ride Or Not To Ride?....What A Stupid Question! 373. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. 374. It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts! - The Horse Whisperer 375. A horse is a thing of such beauty ... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. - Xenophon 376. Spring and summer are riding on a piebald mare. - Russian Proverb 377. A pony is a childhood dream, A horse is an adulthood treasure. - Rebecca Carroll 378. DRESSAGE, n.: the passionate pursuit of perfection by the obsessively imperfect. 379. One can get in a car and see what MAN has made, one must get on a horse to see what GOD has made. 380. 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 through arenas and open fields, past mountains and seas, moving like the wind toward heaven, we travel with them, if only in our hearts. 381. As a horse runs, think of it as a game of tag with the wind. - Tre Tuberville 382. A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves-strong, powerful, beautiful-and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. - Pam Brown 383. Fierce as the fire and fleet as the wind... - A.L. Gordon 384. The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire. - Sharon Ralls Lemon 385. The old mare watched the tractor work. A thing of rubber and steel, Ready to follow the slightest wish Of the man who held the wheel. She said to herself as it passed by, You gave me an awful jolt. But there's still one thing you cannot do, You cannot raise a colt. 386. When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring? - George Rupp, pioneer breeder of Belgian horses 387. The horses prance and paw and neigh, Fillies and colts like kittens play... - Oliver W. Homes 388. To many, the words love, hope and dreams are synonymous with horses. 389. He has galloped through young girl's dreams, added richness to grown women's lives, and served men in war and strife. - Toni Robinson 390. And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it and created the horse. - Bedouin Legend 391. To me, horses and freedom are synonymous. - Veryl Goodnight 392. A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him. - Lord Herbert 393. The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasureable, and grace unlike any other, still remains humble enough to carry a man upon his back. - Amber Senti 394. The Horse. Here is nobility without conceit, Friendship without envy, Beauty without vanity. A willing servant, yet no slave - Ronald Duncan 395. Kissed by sunlight, embraced by open fields. The horse is the center of all beautiful things. 396. The horse will leap over trenches, will jump out of them, will do anything else, provided one grants him praise and respite after his accomplishment. - Xenophon 397. To err is human, to whinney equine. - Cheryl Farner 398. Take most people, they're crazy about cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for godsake. - JD Salinger - Catcher in the Rye 399. My dear, I don't care what they do, so long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. - Attributed to Mrs. Patrick Campbell 400. Experienced riders are not prone to brag. And usually newcomers, if they start out being boastful, end up modest. - C.J.J. Mullen 401. If training has not made a horse more beautiful, nobler in carriage, more attentive in his behavior, revealing pleasure in his own accomplishment...then he has not truly been schooled in dressage. - Col. Handler 402. On horseback he seemed to require as many hands as a Hindu god, at least four for clutching the reins, and two more for patting the horse soothingly on the neck. - Saki 403. A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. - Duke of Edinburgh 404. To learn all that a horse could teach, was a world of knowledge, but only a beginning... Look into a horses eye and you instantly knowif you can trust him. - Mary O'Hara 405. The one best precept-the golden rule in dealing with a horse-is never to approach him angrily. Anger is so deviod of forethought that it will often drive a man to do things which in a calmer mood he will regret. - Xenophon 406. I heard a neigh, Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh it was. My very heart leaped with the sound. - Nathaniel Hawthorne 407. The horse is a creature who sacrifices his own being to exist through the will of another...he is the noble conquest of man. - Buffon 408. All the treasures of this earth lie between thine eyes. Thou shalt cast Mine enemies beneath thy hooves...This shall be the seat from whence prayers rise unto me. - The Koran 409. ...he did not feel the ground under his feet...he thrust himself into the capriole, rose high in the air...forelegs and hindlegs horizontal. He soared above the ground, his head high in jubilation. Conquering! - Felix Salten 410. My horse has a hoof of striped agate; His fetlock is like fine eagle plume. His legs are like quick lightening. My horse has a tail like a trailing black cloud. His mane is made of short rainbows. My horse's eyes are made of big stars. - Navajo war god's horse song 411. Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it. - John Trotwood Moore 412. When God created the earth, the horse's destiny was an Eden of marshes and swamps-a paradise of fragrance, sound and color-inhabited by the most exotic of plants and creatures. However, here all was not peaceful. Mares and foals were prayed upon by saber-toothed tigers and other mighty hunters, including man who in the eye of the herd stallion aroused both fear and anger. As he grew in size and evolved from an eater of leaves to one of grass, the horse's legs became tall and strong enough to carry him out of the low wetlands and onto the steppes. Here, his new speed allowed him to survive in a world of predators, among the most savage and dangerous of which was man. At what time in prehistory the eye of some human saw horses as something other than food and clothing, we do not know. But fortunately for both man and beast it did occut in an adventure that would permanently and dramatically alter the history of the planet. The youth's eyes were then on the filly foal and on it alone. With her capture the story of mankind would change in an instant and forever. - Trajan Tennent 413. 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 on a comfortable wise old cob, with feet like inverted buckets and a back like a fireside chair... 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. - Monica Dickens 414. Through the days of love and celebration and joy, and through the dark days of mourning-the faithful horse has been with us always. - Elizabeth Cotton 415. ...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 416. Horses do change, you know; a lot of the...ponies really give the able-bodies grooms a hard time, but if you put a disabled child or adult on their back they're as gentle as lambs. I don't know what it is: they seem to sense something. - Jackie Croome 417. A horse can lend it's rider the speed and strength he or she lacks-but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan. - Pam Brown 418. The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions- 'it wasn't Jezebels fault, Dad.' - Pam Brown 419. I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked. - Lambert Jeffries 420. A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. - Ian Fleming 421. A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties...and when he is wanted, he can always do his work. - Anthony Trollope 422. Sell the cow, buy the sheep, but never be without the horse. - Irish proverb 423. If the world was truly a rational place, men would ride sidesaddle. - Rita Mae Brown 424. If riding were all blue ribbons and bright lights, I would have quit long ago. - George Morris 425. The ability and intelligence is remarkable...Prince was able to walk the length of the furrow, between the growing potatoes, and when he was done you might never guess that he passed that way, so sure and careful was every footfall. - Paul Heiney 426. She was not afraid, immediately. The sheer exhilaration of the horse's speed thrilled her, but his strength was ominous. When she looked down she saw his shoulders moving with the smooth rhythm of steam-pistons; she saw his black, shining hoofs thrown out, thudding the hard turf, and felt the great eagerness coming up through her own body. She knew that she could never stop him, if he decided he did not want to stop. she saw the hedge ahead of them, and the first stab of real fear contracted her stomach. She gathered her reins up tight, and pulled hard. It made no difference at all. 'Don't pabic,' she thought, but the panic was in her whether she wanted it or not. - KM Peyton 427. Again the early-morning sun was generous with it's 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 irons as we flung the saddles over their backs-little sounds of no importance, but they stay in the unconscious library of memory. - Wynford Vaughan-Thomas 428. A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground or break into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose into the open. - Gerald Raferty 429. A good horse and a good rider are only so in mutual trust. - HME 430. An extra pressure, a silent rebuke, an unseen praising, a firm correction: all these passed between us as through telegraph wires. - Christilot Hanson Boylen 431. When he stood trembling with fear before the captor, bruised from falls by the restrictive rope, made submissive by choking, clogs, cuts and starvation, he had lost what made him so beautiful and free....One out of every three mustangs captured in south west Texas was expected to die before they were tamed. The process often broke the spirits of the other two. - J Frank Dobi 432. With flowing tail and flying mane, Wide nostrils, never stretched by pain, Mouth bloodless to bit or rein, And feet that iron never shod, And flanks unscar'd by spur or rod A thousand horses-the wild-the free- Like waves that follow o'er the sea, Came thickly thundering on. - Lord Byron 433. What a creature he was! Never have I felt such a horse between my knees. His great haunches gathered under him with every stride, and he shot forward ever faster and faster, stretched like a greyhound, while the windbeat in my face and whistled past my ears. - Arthur Conan Doyle 434. We have been companions now for centuries. I rode you in the high festival to the Parthenon and to the edges of the unknown world under the Shadow of the Eagles. Together we re-took the Holy Places, endured the horrors of the crossing to Crimea. You took me to adventure and to love. We two have shared great joy and great sorrow. And now I stand at the gate of the paddock watching you run in an ecstasy of freedom, knowing you will return to stand quietly, loyally beside me. - Pam Brown 435. No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle - Winston Churchill 436. Horses have never hurt anyone yet, except when they bet on them. - Stuart Cloete 437. Dog lovers hate to clean out kennels. Horse lovers like cleaning stables. - Monica Dickens 438. I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary. - Mark Twain 439. ...But why discourse Upon the Virtues of the Horse? They are too numerous to tell Save when you have a Horse to Sell. - Josh Billings 440. In buying a horse or taking a wife, shut your eyes tight and commend yourself to God. - Tuscan Proverb 441. 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. - Tribute to an Unmanageable Horse 442. A man on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man on foot. - John Steinbeck 443. 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: 19-22 444. Many people have sighed for the "good old days" and regretted the "passing of the horse", but today, when only those who like horses own them, it is a far better time for horses. - C.W.Anderson 445. The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. - Yiddish Proverb 446. It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. - Mexican Proverb 447. 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 448. Don't be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him - Jelaluddin Rumi 449. I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. - Ludwig Wittgenstein 450. 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. 451. His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage. He is indeed a horse... - William Shakespeare. King Henry V. 452. 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. King Henry V. 453. He doth nothing but talk of his horses. - William Shakespeare. The Merchant of Venice 454. To be loved by a horse, or by any animal, should fill us with awe - for we have not deserved it. - Marion Garretty 455. The 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 a stable. - S. Armstrong 456. In grateful and reverent memory of the Empire's horses (some 375000) who fell in the Great War (1914-1918). Most obediently, and often most painfully, they died. - Memorial at Church of St. Jude, London 457. The horse is God's gift to mankind. - Arabian Proverb 458. A horse is worth more than riches. - Spanish Proverb 459. 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. - Ben Johnson 460. Thou shall be for Man a source of happiness and wealth; thy back shall be a seat of honour, and thy belly of riches; every grain of barley given thee shall purchase indulgence for the sinner. - The Koran 461. I've spent most of my life riding horses. The rest I've just wasted. 462. To make a perfect horseman, three things are requisite. First, to know how and when to help your horse. Secondly, how and when to correct him. And thirdly, how and when to praise him and to make much of him. - Thomas Blundeville 463. A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time. 464. A lovely horse is always an experience . . . It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. - Beryl Markham 465. Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol. - Fletcher Knebel 466. Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are. 467. You can lead a horse to water, but if you can teach him to roll over and float on his back, then you got something. - Joe E. Louis 468. A horse gallops with his lungs, Perseveres with his heart, And wins with his character. - Tesio 469. 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 470. An owner about her Appaloosa Mare - "She will do everything and anything I ask her as long as she thinks it is okay!" - Mary Ann Holan 471. Champing his foam, and bounding o'er the plain, Arch high his neck, and graceful spread his mane. - Sir R. Blackmore 472. He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground." - John Dryden 473. Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss'd his horse." - William Cowper 474. For one to fly, you needs only to take the reins. - Melissa James 475. For a horse to trust you, you must trust the horse. 476. You can lead a horse to water, but can not make him drink. 477. You are not a true rider until you have fallen off. 478. He has galloped through young girls dreams, added richness to grown woman's lives, and served men in war and strife. - Toni Robinson 479. You cannot remain unmoved by the gentleness of conformation of a well-bred and well-trained horse. . . more than 1000 pounds of big-boned, well-muscled animal, yet forever a menace with it's innocent power. . .but when it greets you with a nicker and regards you with a large and liquid eye, the question of where you want to be has been answered. 480. A large and liquid eye. . . the swirl of dust around pounding hooves. . .these, then, are the images that move us. 481. A Horse is a horse, of course, of course, unless he's worth a million-five. 482. No hour of life was lost spent in the saddle. 483. To seek the winds power, the rains cleansing, and the suns radiant life, one need only to look at the horse. 484. My horse be swift in flight Even like a bird: My horse be swift in flight Bear me now in safety Far from the enemies arrows, And you shall be rewarded With streamers and ribbons red. - Sioux Warrior 485. It's just half halts, pirouettes, flying changes, and extended trots. Relax, what could be easier? 486. It's just counting strides, finding your distance, swapping leads, and looking good doing it. Relax, what could be easier? 487. Many are called but few will come. (unless you have carrots) 488. No one can teach riding better than a horse. 489. A Horseman should know neither fear, nor anger. - James Rarey 490. I don't help people with horse problems, I help horses with people problems. - Tom Booker "The Horse Whisperer" 491. Horses Kick Butt!!! (literally) 492. May your belly never grumble, May your heart never ache. May your horse never stumble, May your cinch never break. 493. Throw your heart over a fence and your horse will follow. 494. If you don't fall, you aren't riding hard enough. 495. A good trainer can hear a horse speak to him. A great trainer can hear him whisper. - Monty Roberts 496. No locker room speeches. No playbooks. No contracts or free agents. Not even a word spoken between teammates. Doesn't that make it the greatest of all team sports? 497. Put the spur to the fur and ride 'till YOU drop 498. What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no superior? - Walt Whitman 499. No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses. - Herman Melville 500. Life is short. Ride hard. 501. He who loves me must love my horse. 502. You never really learn how to swear until you learn how to ride! 503. God forbid that I should go to any Heaven where there are no horses. - R.B. Cunninghame-Graham 504. An instructor does not criticize you, but what you have been taught. 505. Horse thou art truly a creature, for thou fliest without wings and conquorest without sword. - The Koran 506. His is a power enhanced by pride, A courage heightened by challenge, His is a swiftness intensified by strength, A majesty magnified by grace, His is a timeless beauty touched with gentleness, A spirit that call our hearts to dream. 507. "Where would we be without the horse?" It is kind of like asking, "What would seeds do without the wind?" 508. Don't give your son money. As far as you can afford it, give him horses. - Winston Chuchill 509. Who hast given the horse strength, Who has clothed his neck with thunder, Who can make him afraid as a grasshopper. The glory of his nostrils is terrible as he paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength and rush on to meet armed men. 510. To ride on a horse is to fly without wings. 511. Live long, ride well and win to your hearts content. 512. ...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 513. His ears up-prick'd; his braided hanging mane Upon his compass'd chest now stands on end... His eye, which scornfully glisters like fire, shows his hot courage and his high desire. - William Shakespeare 514. Tim Stockdale during a jumping clinic - "Nothing wrong with this horse that a bullet couldn't cure" 515. She's not lame she is just trying to avoid work. 516. The substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind. - Sir Winston Churchill 517. 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" 518. Judge's comment about a dressage test - "Not really paying attention". She was paying attention - just not to me !!! 519. The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears. - Arabian Proverb 520. Life is good; a horse makes it better! 521. A canter is a cure for every evil. - Benjamin Disraeli 522. Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark. - Saying of the Gladdagh Gypsies of Galway 523. 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 524. The horse symbolizes beauty, grace, and power, and a rider feels part of that spirit. 525. 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. - Roy Rogers 526. Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction. 527. 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 528. In riding a horse, we borrow freedom. - Helen Thomson 529. A fool and his horse are soon parted! 530. He who said he made a small fortune in the horse business Probably started out with a large fortune! 531. Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse. 532. People on horses look better then they are, People in cars look worse then they are. - Myra Mannes 533. There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. - Sir Winston Churchill 534. To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse - German - Charles V 535. I would my horse had the speed of your tongue. 536. Speak kindly to your little horse, And soothe him when he wheezes, Or he may turn his back on you, And kick you where he pleases. 537. A horse already knows how to be a horse; the rider has to learn how to become a rider. A horse without a rider is still a horse; a rider without a horse is no longer a rider. 538. There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse. - R S Surtees 539. The wind flew. God told to wind to condense itself and out of the flurry came the horse. But with the spark of sprit the horse flew by the wind itself. - Margruite Henry's King of the wind 540. 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 541. The horse you get off is not the same as the horse you got on; it is your job as a rider to ensure that as often as possible the change is for the better. 542. You can lead a horse to water - but you can't make him jump in it. 543. Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. - Julius and Augustus Hare 544. My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day. They are strangers to bridle or saddle; they live in great amity with me, and friendship of each other. - Johnathon Swift 545. Judge about a stallion during a grading session - "This horse would make a mighty fine gelding" 546. Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children. - William Penn 547. Surgeons General Warning: Horses are expensive, addictive, and may impair the ability to use common sense. 548. Sign outside a riding stable "We have big horses for big folks, small horses for small folks. Fast horses for folks who like to ride fast, slow horses for folks who like to ride slow. And for folks who have never ridden before we have horse who have never been ridden!" 549. A horse is the most honest creature in the world - if she's doing something wrong, it's probably because you told her to! 550. "Neigh" - Anon 551. 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 552. Look back at our struggle for freedom, Trace our present day's strength to its source; And you'll find that our pathway to glory, Is strewn with the bones of the horse. 553. My horse is very polite, he always lets me go over the jumps first. 554. 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. England's past has been borne on his back. All our history is his industry. We are his heirs, he is our inheritance. Ladies & Gentlemen - the Horse! - Ronald Duncan 555. You can tell a gelding, you can ask a mare, but you must discuss it with a stallion. 556. Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground. - The London Times 557. What is there, that includes the grace of a cat, the loyalty of a dog, and the companionship of a human? None other than the horse! 558. The hardest thing to do on a horse is nothing at all. - Chris Mckinnon 559. Home away from home, is on a horse's back. 560. Tell him what you want with your mind, your heart, your soul and he'll take off into space for you. Because that's what horses are like. They're loyal and brave and they want to please you... 561. Wild horses run unbridled or the spirit dies

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