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Horse-oriented, heart-felt quotes
Some people give their whole heart to a horse and still go on to live a normal life.
Tell a Gelding
Ask a Stallion
Discuss it with a Mare
No outfit is complete without a few horse hairs.
All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of oats and hay and he will listen to me any day.
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
~ Winston Churchill
I can't retire. I have a horse.
Born to ride
Eat
Drink
Ride
Riding. The art of keeping the horse between you and the ground.
I have a horse.
Therefore I'm not home.
My hand forever in your mane so dense
Rubies and pearls and sapphires there will sow... Oasis of my dreams, and gourd from whence
Deep drafted wines of memory will flow.
~Charles Baudelaire
I ride.
Therefore
I am.
Hoof beats are my heart beats.
For one to fly, one needs only to take the reins. ~Melissa James
Dogs have masters
Cats have staff
Horses have servants
When I was a kid and a guy got killed in a western movie, I always wondered who got his horse.
~Dave Barry
I learned 3 things from my riding teacher. Keep one leg on one side, the other leg on the other side, and my mind in the middle.
~Henry Taylor
They ask for so little and they give so much.
~Anna Quindlen
Advice from a horse: loosen the reins, keep stable, spur yourself on to happiness.
I don’t need another horse
I don’t need another horse
I don’t need another horse
To err is human, to forgive, equine.
When your horse follows you without 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. ~John Lyons
The way to heaven is on horseback.
I’ve spent most of my life riding horses. The rest is just wasted.
All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl.
A good rider can hear his horse speak to him. A great rider can hear his horse whisper.
If your horse says "no", you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong.
~ Pat Parelli
There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.
~ R.S. Surtees
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.
The world is best viewed through the ears of a horse.
Let a horse whisper in your ear and breathe on your heart.
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
Stay away from a horse long enough and you'll start tapping your fingers to the beat of a trot.
A pony is a childhood dream. A horse is an adulthood treasure.
~ Rebecca Carroll
A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care."
~ Pat Parelli
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
Always ride a horse in the direction he is going.
Courage is being scared ... and saddling up anyway.
Old age means realizing you will never get to love all the horses you wanted to.
There is something about caring for a horse that seems to take the bite out of being alone.
Here are more Pet Gems:
Here are more Pet Gems:
Personalize your Matted Prints and Note Cards. Choose from these Gems below (or create your own).
When you count your blessings, count your horse twice.
Our horses know our secrets; we braid our tears into their manes and whisper our hopes into their ears.
Speak your mind and ride a fast horse.
