Quotes about horses - who's got some good ones?

[nikkiportia]

Just making a little vid with some newborn footage, and want to start it with a nice meaningful quote. Any ideas?

 

[Tinker_Belle]

Ooooh, I have a book of horsey quotes, I'll have a look later if you want?

But one of my favourtites is "gypsy gold does not chink and glitter, it gleams in the sun & neighs in the dark"

Along those lines anyway

 

[smirnoff_ice]

http://www.horses.co.uk/horses/quotes.html

There are about a bazillion here if you'v got a few thousand hours to spare!! Some really nice ones though.

 

[nikkiportia]

Thankyou!

 

[oinkmoooink]

What is the saying?

You tell a gelding
You ask a Stallion
And you discuss it with a mare


I tihnk that one applies an awful lot to my mare!

 

[Britestar]

I think that one is meant to be:
Tell a gelding,
Ask a mare,
Discuss it with a stallion.

but I agree with you only discuss it, lay down all the options, say what you want to do and then do what the mare wants!!

 

[badgerdog]

The air of heaven is that which blows between a horses ears.
Arabian proverb

A lovely horse always an experience...It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.
Beryl Markham

 

[cavalo branco]

A canter is a cure for every evil - Benjamin Disraeli

No foot no horse, no hock no hunter - traditional

 

[Baydale]

Isn't there one along the lines of:

"Fools breed horses for wise men to ride"

 

[Native Speaker]

'A horse with out a rider is always a horse, but a rider without a horse is only a man.'

can't remember the name of the author, but i believe he was Polish.

 

[chriscrogul]

The one that sums one of mine up is

"Be to his faults a little blind and to his virtues ever kind"!

 

[Damnation]

*Pokes my signiture*
Thats nice little Monty Roberts quote.

 

[Eceni]

How about:

"Ask for much, Accept little, Reward often"

which is either Nuno Olivero or the SPanish Riding Academy, but I can't remember which - sorry!

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[Archie07]

'Every horse and pony at some point in their lives, deserves to be loved, by a little girl'.

I love that one!

 

[S_N]

I have always loved this one

"Look back at our struggle for freedom,
Trace our present days strength to it's source,
and you'll find that Man's pathway to glory,
Is strewn with the bones of a horse"



"A canter is a cure for every evil"

 

[Minnies_Mum]

"The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action, of man"- DH Lawrence

 

[Natch]

What about that one from HOYS? The one that ends in "Ladies and gentlemen I give you the horse"

ILPH use a good one on a lot of their promo stuff, I'll have a look see if I can find it in a bit.

The one a few healers and therapists often quote, The horse's healing prayer,

"Your hand has the power
To hurt me or heal me
Look into my eyes
To the heart of my soul
and choose to heal me"

I think my fav one at the moment is Tracy James (Natural horsemanship mentor) "Discover the softness in you to discover the softness in your horse"

 

[Natch]

Oooh "In riding a horse we borrow freedom"

words of the HOYS thing...

Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride,
Friendship without envy,
Or beauty without vanity?
Here, where grace is served 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.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Horse.

 

[samuelhorse]

[ QUOTE ]
'Every horse and pony at some point in their lives, deserves to be loved, by a little girl'.

[/ QUOTE ]


That brought tears to my eyes!!!

It took my boy a while before someone(me) loved him!

 

[Daisychain]

I feed my horse tomato sauce to make him ketchup! Sorrrry!!

 

[Bananarama]

"The rider throws his heart over the fence, the horse jumps in persute of it

"
"A horse doesnt care how much you know until he knows how much you care"
"I live in a house but my home is the stable"
"A cat looks down on man,
a dog looks up to man,
but a good horse looks man in the eye and sees him as equal"
"He knows when youre scared
He knows when your happy
And he ALWAYS knows when you have carrots"


And this one has to be said...
"The Duchess, after riding a hunt, was aproached by a man who asked why her horse was so sweaty, she replies
'If I had just had you between my legs for 2 and a half hours then you would be equally hot and sweaty'"