Horse Quotes

Horse Quotes:

Quotes have been told by the horses masters and the people who look upon the horse as the foundation of what human society is today.

I have found that many a horse quote to be so true to the horse, that I makes one think, how we would have ever gotten so far as we have in so little a time in this world without but the horse.

To all that do not share this animal in their lives, or not even to contemplate them, are missing out the one major factor, of where we are today.

  The Celebration to the Horse!

There is something about breeding good horses that makes it the Sport of Kings.
~Stanly Harrison


Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
~Nilolai Gogol

Horses symbolize the personal drive for freedom shared by people of all nations. When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring?
~George Rupp

Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are.
~English saying


A horse gallops with its lungs, perseveres with its heart, and wins with its character.
~Tessio

Dear to me is my bonnie white steed; Oft has he helped me at pinch of need.
~Sir Walter Scott


There's something about the outside of a horse that's good for the inside of a man.
~Sir Winston Churchill


...Wild to hold, though I seem tame.
~Thomas Wyatt


Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and self esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls- they give us hope!
~Toni Robinson

He has galloped through young girl's dreams, added richness to grown women's lives, and served men in war and strife.
~Toni Robinson


The Horse And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it and created the horse. ~
Bedouin Legend
 

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!
~William Shakespeare


As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer.
~William Shakespeare


God forbid that I should go to any Heaven in which there are no horses.
~R. Graham


...Vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a firey Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
~William Shakespeare
 

To ride a horse is to ride the sky How the horse dominated the mind of the early races especially of the Mediterranean! You were a lord if you had a horse. Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances...The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action in man!
~Apocalpyse


If your horse doesn't care, you shouldn't either
~Linsy Lee

O for a horse with wings!
~William Shakespeare


England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women
~Robert Burton
 

No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.
~John Heywood


A man may well bring a horse to the water,
~John Heywood


Speed is the enemy of impulsion.
~Charles de Kunffy

 

In order to have a good hand, it must be light, gentle, and firm.
~Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere

 

A light hand is one which never feelsthe contact of the bit with the bars.
~Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere

The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study.
~Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere
 

He's the kind of horse with a far-away look. He'll sure take a man through some awful places and sometimes only one comes out.
~WS James

I will not change my horse with any that treads but on four pasterns...When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk. He trots the air, the earth sings when he touches it, the basest horn of his hoofs is more musical than the pipe of Hermes...When bestride him I soar, I am a hawk...
~ William Shakespeare

For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe a horse was lost, for want of a horse a rider was lost, for want of a rider a army was lost, for want of an army a battle was lost, for want of a battle the war was lost, for want of the war the kingdom was lost, and all for the want of a little horseshoe nail.
~Benjamin Franklin

 

Four things greater than all things are Women and horses and power and War
~Rudyard Kipling

 

The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.
~ Arabian proverb
 

Your horse loves you; not for your looks, but for your love! and food! 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
~unknown

A gentle hand is one which feels the effect of the bit slightly without giving too much contact.
~Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere


Courage, wisdom born of insight and humility, empathy born of compassion and love, all can be bequethed by a horse to his rider.
~Charles de Kunffy
 

A horse 'held in shape' by his rider is only posturing in a seemingly correct form, usually for the benefit of inexperienced observers.
~Charles de Kunffy


Hark! the shrill trumpet sounds to horse! away!
~Colley Cibber


It is wonderful when one is out with these animals, how attached they become. There are times when I would walk up to my horse, that he would nicker in a low tone and ruh his nose against me in a very knowing manner.
~HS Young

He doth nothing but talk of his horses.
~William Shakespeare

A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him.
~Lord Herber
 

Well could he ride, and often men would say, "That horse his mettle from his rider takes: Proud of subjection, noble by the sway, What rounds, what bounds, what course, what stop he makes!" And controversy hence a question takes, Whether the horse by him became his deed, Or he his manage by the well-doing steed.
~William Shakespeare


...suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared...
~2 Kings 2:11


A Hiberanium sage once wrote that there are three things a man never forgets: The girl of his early youth, a devoted teacher, and a great horse.
~C. Mullen

The horse through all its trials has preserved the sweetness of paradise in its blood.
~Johannes Jensen


The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never.
~Yiddish Proverb
 

When God created the horse he said to the magnificent creature: I have made thee as no other. All the treasures of the earth lie between thy eyes. Thou shalt carry my friends upon thy back. Thy saddle shall be the seat of prayers to me. And thou fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse.
~The Qu'ran (Koran)
 

Their horses were of great stature, strong and clean-limbed; their grey coats glistened, their long tails flowed in the wind, their manes were braided on their proud necks.
~ J.R.R. Tolkien

A Horseman should know neither fear, nor anger...
~James Rarey

I hope you like these Horse Quotes, and that you have found some extra knowledge in reading these quotes. I know myself, that these horse quotes are very inspiring, and learning what other people say about the horse in inspiring in itself.

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