Some Favorite Horse Quotes

[EllenSchnak]

How can you expect me to get horses out of my head, when they're in my heart?

Life is like a wild horse. You ride it or it rides you.

Great riders are not great because of their talent; they are great because of their passion.

A basketball game can change a mood for the week, but a horse can change the course of a lifetime.

If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their markings and limbs, their true beauty is hidden from you.

Lente, lente currite, noctis equi. Translation: Run slowly, slowly, horses of the night.
    - Ovid

Honour lies in the mane of a horse.
    - Herman Melville

Seen on a bumper sticker:
If I didn't own a horse, this would be a Ferrari!

In the steady gaze of the horse shines a silent eloquence that speaks of love and loyalty, strength and courage. It is the window that reveals to us how willing is his spirit, how generous his heart.

His hooves pound the beat, your heart sings the song.

    - Jerry Shulman

Equestrian activity teaches young ladies to cope with large, friendly, but dumb creatures - the ideal training for marrige.

If wishes were horses we'd all be knee deep in manure

The only constant thing in life is change, and things can change rapidly when your dealing with horses.
    - Pat Parelli

When your horse bolts for 10 minutes flat, you know to get off and give up. The question is, how?
    - Annarose Robinson

The last thing a carrot sees is the open mouth of a horse.

A saddle is something special just between you and your horse.
    - Stubben saddlery

Anything forced or misunderstood can never be beautiful.

No matter how fast the horse trots the damn cart still chases him.
    - Horse Illustrated

I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and save his dying horse. Nobility is not a birthright, but is defined by one's actions.
    - Kevin Costner in "Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves"

The Breath of Paradise is that which blows between the ears of a horse.
    - Arabic Quotation

The grass is always greener on the other side, until a horse comes and poops on it.

When you need some speed just reach for a Steed!

You only need two things to ride a horse. Confidence and balance. Everything else you can pick up as you go along.
    - Allan D.Keating

A home is not a home without a Horse

Your legs are a horses courage.

You'll never know how much you love to be on a horse... until you fall off!

Proper scientific name for horses: Equis keepus brokeus.

Broke is when the saddle costs more than the horse.
    - Found in a HorseCanada Magazine

Epitaph for Clyde Kennedy-
"When they lay me down to rest Put my spurs and rope upon my chest Get my friends to carry me and then go turn my horses free"

Poverty is another word for owning a horse...

When riding my horse I no longer have my heart in my chest, but between my knees.

Grooming: the process by which the dirt on the horse is transferred to the groom.

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.

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.

The hardest thing about learning to ride is the ground!

There are only two emotions that belong in the saddle; one is a sense of humour and the other is patience.
    - John Lyons

It is the difficult horses that have the most to give you.
    - Lendon Gray

Every time you ride, your either teaching or un-teaching your horse.
    - Gordon Wright

You cannot train a horse with shouts and expect it to obey a whisper.
    - Dagobert D. Runes

All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl.

Love is paying a $500 vet bill for a $50 horse.

When you fall of your horse, usually what's most hurt is your pride.

If a dancer was forced to dance by whips and spikes, He would be no more beautiful than a horse trained under the simular conditions.
    - Xenophon

Don't look at a horse as an animal, look as if the horse is a real person. Because a horse can tell the difference.

A love for a fad may last only a day, but a love for a horse is never ending.

You never know how much you love a horse until a horse loves you.

EQUINOMIC$ - The distribution and depletion of a large percentage of a horse owners cash flow.

Hoof picks mirgrate.
    - Horse Stuff Co.

His mane is like a river flowing,
And his eyes like embers glowing
In the darkness of the night,
And his pace as swift as light.
    - Barry Corwall

A Rose has a sweet smell, A Kingdom has the scent of riches, A dog has loyalty in his eyes, but a horse has a big heart worthy of strength with the sweet scent of loyalty.