Famous quotations about

Horses

Here is a selection of famous quotes about HORSES. These are sayings of renowned people - authors, statesmen, scientists and other celebrities.  The quotes will amuse you, inspire you and make you think. 

We shall be adding more horse quotations to the list from time to time.  Please visit again.

A crime against one's dog, is a crime that strikes at the very heart of man. - Janai-Ami, American Artist

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     There's nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse. - Ronald Reagan

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       A bad day riding is better than a good day fishing. 

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       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. 

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       A dog may be man's best friend,  but the horse wrote history. 

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       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 

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       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. 

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       A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care.
  - Pat Parelli

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       A horse is an angel without wings. 

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       A horse is like a best friend. They`re always there to nuzzle you and make your life a better place. 

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       A horse is like a violin.  First it must be tuned, and when tuned, it must be accurately played. 

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       A polo pony is like a motorbike with a mind of its own, weighing half a ton. 

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       A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time. 

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       Arabians: A little bit of everything perfect.
        - Amanda Ferber 

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       Bread may feed my body, but my horse feeds my soul. 

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       Care, and not fine stables, makes a good horse.
         - Danish Proverb 

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       Closeness, friendship, affection - keeping your own horse means all these things.
  - Bertrand Leclair 

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        Feeling down? Saddle up, It is the only cure. 

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       Give a horse what he needs and he will give you his heart in return. 

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       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.  

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       He knows when you are happy.  He knows when you are proud. He also knows when you have a carrot. 

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       Horse sense is the thing a horse has,  which keeps it from betting on people.
 - W. C. Fields  

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       Horse... if God made anything more beautiful,  he kept it for himself.

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        Horseback riding is life, the rest is just details.

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        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 

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       Horses can't talk,  but they can speak if you listen. 

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       Horses give us the wings we lack. 

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      How do you catch a loose horse?  Make a noise like a carrot.
       - British Cavalry joke 

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       How to ride a horse:
       Step One - Mount the horse.
       Step Two - Stay mounted. 

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       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 humans for thousands of years faithfully for nothing in return. Beaten horses, starved hoses, horses who no longer possess a spirit. They deserve to be loved and respected as much as humanly possible. Let them run free again. Let them no longer be a faithful beasts, but embrace them as you would a dear friend, for that is what they are. 

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       I have seen things so beautiful, that  they have brought tears to my eyes. Yet, none of them can match the gracefulness and beauty of a horse running free. 

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       I live in a house,  but my home is in the stable. 

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       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 

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       If I had a dime for every time that I thought of a horse's beauty,  I'd have enough to buy one. 

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       If the horse does not enjoy his work, his rider will have no joy.
       - H.H. Isenbart 

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       If you want a stable friendship, get a horse. 

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       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 

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       Life is short.  Hug your horse.

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       Love means attention, which means looking after the things we love. We call this stable management.
    - George H. Morris 

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       My husband says, if I spend one more weekend at a horse-show, he'll leave me.  Darn - I'll miss him! 

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       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".

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       Nothing is more sacred as the bond between a horse and a 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, and the very existence dies also.
 - Stephanie M Thorn 

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       Nothing moves me more - 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. 

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       Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. 

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       People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.
 - Marya Mannes  

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       Riding isn't the matter of life or death. It's more important than that.

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       Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
        - Elizabeth Taylor 

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       The history of mankind is carried on the back of the horse. 

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       The Joy of horses is not the riding, jumping, racing, showing, or grooming, but of owning.

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       The more I meet men, the better my horse looks. 

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       The world is best viewed through the ears of a horse. 

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       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 

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       There is nothing like a rattling ride for curing melancholy!
    - Pared 

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       Throw your heart over a fence and your horse will follow. 

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       To ride or not to ride - this is a stupid question.

         - Brandy Michelle 

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       To understand the soul of a horse is the closest we humans can come to knowing perfection. 

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       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 

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       When riding a horse, we leave our fear, troubles, and sadness behind on the ground.
  - Juli Carlson 

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

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       When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.
  - Sir Winston Churchill       

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       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.  Do you love him back? 

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       Who among us has not as a child asked Santa Clause to bring us a pony on Christmas day? 

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       Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to buy a horse. 

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       You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink," is an old saying that is not exactly 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.

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

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