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When Allah created
the horse, he said to the wind, "I will that a creature proceed from
thee.
Condense thyself." And the wind condensed itself, and the result
was
the horse.
Marguerite Henry
Then we began
to ride. My soul smoothed itself out, a long-cramped scroll
freshening
and fluttering in the wind...
Robert Browning
You and your
horse. His strength and beauty. Your knowledge and patience
and determination. And understanding. And love.
That's what fuses the two of you into this marvelous partnership that
makes you wonderful, what can Heaven offer any better than what you
have here on
earth?
Monica Dickens
Many persons have sighed for the "good old days" and regretted the
"passing of the horse," but today, when only those who like horses own
them, is a far better time for the horses.
C.W. Anderson
... animals go by the spirit of their owners... If one has a bond
with animals they want to join in one's life as much as they can, and
they learn to
pick up on one's moods. Tommy knew all mine, I know. I have
laughed with him, rejoiced with him over successes I have had, and I
have
cried into his mane over some unhappiness that only he would
understand.
There are so many things we can tell our animals that we cannot confide
to human beings for fear of being sneered at or simply not believed.
Barbara Woodhouse
"When did they
last do any work?" I asked.
"Oh, about twelve years ago, I reckon."
I stared at John. "Twelve years! And have they been down
here all that time?"
"Aye, just lakin' about down here, retired like. They've earned
it an' all."
For a few moments he stood silent, shoulders hunched, hands deep in the
pockets of his coat, then he spoke quietly as if to himself.
"They were two slaves when I was a slave." I read in the pale
blue eyes
something of the agony and struggle he had shared with the
animals... Yet what made him trail down that hillside every day
in all weathers? Why had he filled the last years of those two
old horses with peace and beauty? Why had he given them a final
ease and comfort which he had withheld from himself? It could
only be love.
James Herriot
A horse turned
out in a field is very different from a horse that is being led or
ridden.
Take him out on a cold day -- there's hardly time to slip off the
halter
or unsnap the rope before he's off. He gallops, stops, spins
round,
stares, arches his neck to shake his head and gallop off again.
How
beautifully supple and balanced he is! He can gallop from a
standstill, stop dead, flick round a tight turn, slip, recover
gracefully, swerve,
change legs three times in three strides, this horse who has never
managed
a flying change with you. He charges down from the top corner and
stops with four feet together, head high, snorting, tail up like a
stallion. One eye is on the gate to make sure he is admired, and
he snorts into the wind like a dragon, then trots out, sailing, this
horse you can't pursued into more than an apology for an extended trot.
Monica Dickens
All horses sometimes
like to put on an act. They sham lame at the start of a
ride. They snort in terror at a white stone going away from home,
but hardly give it a glance on the way back. They clench their
teeth and refuse to take the bit. They swing their head up high
if you are a short person with a bridle, but if you are tall with long
arms, they don't bother. They won't let you pick up a foot.
If you have a back foot in your lap to clean it, they rest their weight
on you as if they couldn't stand a moment longer on three legs.
Monica Dickens
If a car passes
me when I'm on a horse, I always think: "If I were in that car
and
saw me, I would wish I was me. Wistful children's faces, staring
out
of the back window, agree."
Monica Dickens
Other horses
may prick their ears at our approach, but not, perhaps, in quite the
same
way as those were pricked; other horses may lift their heads in a
whinny,
and yet with a different lift; another horse may have a small white
patch
in the center of its head, and yet not of that essentially individual
pattern
that we loved so well; other horses may nuzzle up to us, and yet not
with
the same, well remembered caprice or affection. That head,
whether
or not we possess its recorded image in our most treasured album of
photographs,
will be a picture whose endearing characteristics will stay with us,
not
merely while the joy of the saddle is ours, but as long as we have
memory
of green fields and hedges, and the music which comes from the clump of
horses' hoofs.
Frank Crew
Be not elated
at any excellence that is not your own. If the horse, in his
elation
were to say, "I am beautiful," it could be endured; but when you say in
your
elation, "I have a beautiful horse," rest assured that you are elated
at
something good that belongs to a horse.
Epictetus, Discourses
A good horse
should be seldom spurred.
Thomas Fuller, M.D., Gnomolgoia
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 Savior, Who cares when the sparrows fall.
Who was born in a lowly stable, and knows and loves us all!
Anonymous
Mares, she said,
had not been altered, in them the blood flowed freely, their life
cycles
had not been tampered with, their natures were completely their
own. The mares usually had more energy than the geldings, could
be as temperamental as the stallion and was, in fact, its superior.
John Hawkes, Whistlejacket
Spur not an
unbroken horse.
Sir Walter Scott, The Monastery
Love animals. God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy
untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, do not harass them, do not
deprive them of their
happiness, do not work against God's intention.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamozov
Men ar generally
more careful of the breeding of their horses and dogs than of their
children.
William Penn
My beautiful! my beautiful!
That standeth meekly by
With thy proudly arch'd and glossy neck,
And dark and fiery eye;
The stranger hath thy bridle-rein,
Thy master hath his gold;
Fleet limbed and beautiful, farewell;
Thou'rt sold, my steed, thou'rt sold.
Caroline Elizabeth Sharidan Norton,
"The Arab's Farewell to His Steed"
One of the earliest
religious disappointmentsin a young girl's life devolves upon her
unanswered
prayer for a horse.
Anonymous
What does it
take to train a horse? More time than the horse has.
Larry Mahan
Most persons do not ride; they are conveyed.
M.F. McTaggart
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
I got a horse
for my cowboy....best trade I ever made!!"
Anonymous
Half the failures
in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.
Julius & Augustus Hare
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.
Anonymous
Whatever your
purpose in riding, be sure that it includes the elements of fun and
appreciation
of your horse. Then you will be well on your way to becoming a
true
horseman.
Sheila Wall Hundt / Ashley Hundt Ventrone
If a rider's heart is in the right place, his seat will be independent
of his hands.
Piero Santini
You cannot train
a horse with shouts and expect it to obey a whisper.
Dagobert D. Runes
When your horse
has reached his potential, leave it. It's such a nice feeling
when
you and your horses are still friends.
Dr. Reiner Klimke
The rider, being
the senior partner, has to make all efforts to learn the language of
the
horse, and to speak to him by means of that dialect.
Lt. Col. A. L. d'Endrody
Be considerate of your horse. He is not a machine -- and even
machines run better with good driving.
Sheila Wall Hundt / Ashley Hundt Ventrone
Bounce Once
If You Believe In Diagonals.
Suggestion for a Bumper Sticker
Fear almost always arises -- in horses as well as in people -- from
concern about what might happen, and much more rarely from what IS
happening.
Mary Wanless
To be loved
by a horse, or by any animal, should fill us with awe -- for we have
not
deserved it.
Marion Garretty
There are times
when you can trust a horse, times when you can't, and times when you
have
to.
Anonymous
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.
President John Tyler's Epitaph for His Horse
The wind of
heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.
Arabian proverb
I saw a child
who couldn't walk, sit on a horse and laugh and talk... I saw a child
who
could only crawl, mount a horse and sit up tall..... I saw a child born
into strife, take up and hold the reins of life... And that same child
was
heard to say, thank you God for showing me the way.
John Anthony Davis
Show me your
horse and I will tell you who you are.
English saying
Don't be the
rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath
him
Jelaluddin Rumi
A canter is
the cure for every evil.
Benjamin Disrael
No hour of life
is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
Winston Churchill
. . . Some people,
who as soon as they have got upon a young horse. . . fancy that by
beating
and spurring they will make his a dress'd [trained] horse in one
morning
only. I would fain ask such stupid people, whether, by beating a boy,
they
could teach him to read, without first showing him his alphabet.
William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle
A good horse
and rider are only so in mutual trust.
H.M.E.
A good trainer
can hear her horse speak, but a great trainer can hear her horse
whisper.
Anonymous
The rhythm of
the ride carried them on and on, and she knew that the horse was as
eager as she, as much in love with the speed and air and freedom.
Georgess McHargue
There are many
wonderful places in the world, but one of my favorite places is on the
back
of my horse.
Connie Kerr
A horse gallops
with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character.
Tesio
For one to fly
you need only take the reins.
Anonymous
The horse. Here
is nobility without conceit; friendship without envy; beauty without
vanity.
A willing servant, yet no slave.
Ronald Duncan
A horse is worth
more than riches.
Spanish Proverb
Certain comic
effects can be achieved by a brand-new rider, especially a man who
dresses
like a fashion model and rides like a tailor.
C.J.J. Mullen
If your horse
says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question
wrong.
Pat Parelli
The is no secret
so close as that between a rider and his horse.
R. S. Surtees
A horse is such
a thing of beauty... None will tire of looking at him as long as he
displays
himself in his splendor.
Xenophon
Anything forced
and misunderstood can never be beautiful.
Xenophon
Riding: The
art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.
Anonymous
You can tell
a gelding, you can ask a mare, but you must discuss it with a
stallion.
Anonymous
Judge about
a stallion during a grading session: "This horse would make a mighty
fine
gelding."
Anonymous
A pony is a
childhood dream, A horse is an adulthood treasure.
Rebecca Carrol
Four things greater than all things are Women and horses and power and
War
Rudyard Kipling
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
Courage, wisdom
born of insight and humility, empathy born of compassion and love, all
can
be bequeathed by a horse to his
rider.
Charles de Kunffy
A good rider
on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can
make
him.
Lord Herbert
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.
Source unknown
If riding were
only blue ribbons and bright lights, I would have quit long ago.
George Morris
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!
Anonymous
He
who loves
me must love my horse.
Anonymous
DRESSAGE, n.:
the passionate pursuit of perfection by the obsessively imperfect
Anonymous
To judge a horse
by it's rider, is to judge a book by it's cover.
Anonymous
Think of riding
as a science, but love it as an art.
George Morris
Life's Too Short
-- Ride Your Best Horse First!
Anonymous
Horses, Horses,
Horses
There must be some forces
That make my sister love horses
Robin O'Roark-Goolsby (my beautiful sister -- she wrote
this in the 3rd Grade, which she by the way now teaches)
I
would rather
sit at home and play in the manure than go into the show ring and deal
with
the bullshit!
Kris Patsolic, Patsolic Pastures
There are more horse's asses in the world
than there are horses.
Anonymous (even though my dad has said this a lot, I do not think he
coined the phrase!)
Everyone
needs
something to believe in...
I believe I'll go ride my horse.
Anonymous