160 Good Horse Quotes

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Famous Good Horse Quotes

Black beauty - he's a dark horse. - Tim Vine

Black beauty - he's a dark horse. — Tim Vine

This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother. — Ted Walsh

The horse is a great equalizer, he doesn't care how good looking you are, or how rich you are or how powerful you are-- he takes you for how you make him feel. — Buck Brannaman

The thoroughbred wanderer — Sir Richard Francis Burton

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

If there is no horse, a donkey will do as well. — Hungarian Proverbs

A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character. — Federico Tesio

The wildest colts make the best horses. — Plutarch

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

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

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

A good trainer can hear a horse speak to him. A great trainer can hear him whisper. — Monty Roberts

A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service. — Plutarch

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Christopher Morley

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

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged. — Ovid

Short Good Horse Quotes

  • Whoever said a horse was dumb, was dumb — Will Rogers
  • One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him. — Jeffrey Bernard
  • Horses are our silent partners. When we learn their language. This partnership grows strong. — Monty Roberts
  • You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people. — Will Rogers
  • If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all. — Socrates
  • You can fool an old horse once but you can't fool him twice. — Albanian Proverbs
  • If the rider is no good, it’s the horse’s fault. — German proverbs
  • A stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential. — Leonard Nimoy
  • In summer winter rain or sun, it's good to be on horseback. — Mike Oldfield
  • Don't be the rider who gallops all nightand never sees the horse that is beneath him — Rumi

Good Horse Image Quotes

Good horse quote The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anyt
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.

Good Quotes

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. — Bernard Meltzer

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. — Steven Weinberg

I've had good times and I've had bad times and I reminisce, maybe when I lay down, but throughout my day I keep myself engulfed in whatever moment I'm in because it could steer me into a depressed state. — Kevin Gates

Good horse quote Persist to overcome. He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.
Persist to overcome. He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.

No matter how successful you become you gotta keep grindin' and be a good person and then good things will come to you. — Meek Mill

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. — Ann Landers

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. — Winston Churchill

Good horse quote Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.
Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. — Rene Descartes

Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends. My teacher was Ferruccio CusinatiMaria Callas

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. - Marcus Aurelius

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius

Good Horse Riding Quotes

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. — Stephen Leacock

Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour. — Buffalo Bill

If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones. So It's probably 80 percent luck and 20 percent skill. — Chris LeDoux

Good horse quote Never regret a day in your life: good days give happiness, bad days give experience, worst days give
Never regret a day in your life: good days give happiness, bad days give experience, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories.

I enjoy horse riding, spending time with my dog 'Smurf,' and basically having a really good laugh partying and having fun! — Katie Price

I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse to just work a little bit with every day. — Robert Duvall

If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones. — Chris LeDoux

Good horse quote Whatever is good for you soul, do that.
Whatever is good for you soul, do that.

Here is a good reply of a clever horse to the man who tries to ride and control it: Throwing him into the air! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

In Britain I focus on my horse riding. I ride everyday no matter what. I have a wonderful trainer called Joe Meyer. He is from New Zealand and competed in the World Games this year. I have been with him for four years and we have a good rapport. — Liz Halliday

There is no greater pleasure in the world than riding a good horse. — Muriel Wace

A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

White Horse Quotes

Life passes most people by while they're making grand plans for it. - George Jung

Life passes most people by while they're making grand plans for it. — George Jung

The chief contribution made by white men of the Americas to the folk songs of the world ——- the cowboy songs of Texas and the West ——- are rhythmed to the walk, the trot, and the gallop of horses. — J. Frank Dobie

Scientists think they can now clone an all-white zebra. Now, I'm no expert, but isn't that a horse? — Jay Leno

Good horse quote Try no to resist the changes that come in your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not w
Try no to resist the changes that come in your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come? How Rumi Can Change Your Life?

. . . the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony and man - all belong to the same family. . . . The White Man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers. — Chief Seattle

Firstly, there no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a bone face, like a skeletal monk, with a scythe and an hourglass and a big white horse and a penchant for playing chess with Scandinavians. Third, he doesn't exist either. — Neil Gaiman

Cinderella said to snow white, how does love get so off course? All I wanted was a white knight with a good heart, soft touch, fast horse. — Faith Hill

Good horse quote Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy. — Gary Cooper

Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow. — Lydia M. Child

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

Now the great winds shoreward blow Now the salt tides seaward flow Now the wild white horses play Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. — Matthew Arnold

Horse Riding Quotes

Man's highest joy is in victory: to conquer one's enemies; to pursue them; to deprive them of their possessions; to make their beloved weep; to ride on their horses; and to embrace their wives and daughters. — Genghis Khan

There's an old expression about falling off a horse. You get back on and you ride that bad boy into town. — Brock Lesnar

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. - Winston Churchill

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. — Winston Churchill

Good horse quote There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment
There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.

Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, theyre from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and drink with the boys, all the while making sweet tea, darlin. And if we have an opinion, you know youre gonna hear it. — Ashley Judd

Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride, In a one-horse open sleigh, hey, Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride, In a one-horse open sleigh... — James Pierpont

The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters. — Genghis Khan

Good horse quote You have to fight through the bad days in order to earn the best days.
You have to fight through the bad days in order to earn the best days.

As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside activities, horse riding and fencing and mountaineering. — Patrick Stewart

Once upon a time there was a dwarf knight who only had fifty words to live in and they were so fleeting that he only had time to put on a suit of armor and ride swiftly on a black horse into a very well-lit woods where he vanished forever. — Richard Brautigan

A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities. — Nuno Oliveira

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse. — Robert Smith Surtees

Horse Quotes

I don't want the horse to get trained, because training the horse is absolutely finite. But if you get the horse to where he operates as if to be your legs, an extension of you, you've far-exceeded that whole training notion. — Buck Brannaman

Those who were adept and brave fellows I have made military commanders. Those who were quick and nimble I have made herders of horses. Those who were not adept I have given a small whip and sent to be shepherds — Genghis Khan

Horses are very keen on body language, and what I refer to as “presence”, and expression. They know quite a bit about you before you ever get to ‘em. They can read things about you clear across an arena. — Buck Brannaman

Good horse quote No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence. — Alexander Hamilton

I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me another million I'd put it right in the nose of some horse that looked good to me. — Al Capone

Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are. - Unknown Author

Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are. — Unknown Author

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. - Ovid

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. — Ovid

Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse. - George Cukor

Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse. — George Cukor

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. - Daniel Boone

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. — Daniel Boone

People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway. — Jesse Owens

Inspirational Horse Quotes

When the good times come around, they gallup in like wild horses. You just try to stay on them for as long as you can. And when they throw you offyou just wait in the shade until they come around again. — Jimmy Buffett

I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse. — John Galsworthy

It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts! - Nicholas Evans

It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts! — Nicholas Evans

Good horse quote Friendship picks you up when the world lets you down.
Friendship picks you up when the world lets you down.

You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred — Buddha

In riding a horse, we borrow freedom. — Helen Thompson Woolley

A unicorn is just a horse with a point of view — Ron Sexsmith

When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. — Tammara Webber

When you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Emotions are wild horses. It is not explanations that carry us forward, but our will to go on. — Paulo Coelho

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey. — Arrigo Sacchi

Horseback Riding Quotes

I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read. — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Shoulder-in is the aspirin of horseback riding - it cures everything. — Nuno Oliveira

Millions of Americans each year use our national forests to go hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, swimming, horseback riding, and canoeing. — Ric Keller

A dress made right should allow one to walk, to dance, even to ride horseback. — Coco Chanel

I never ride horseback now because my sympathy with the under-dog is too keen. After we have a gone a few blocks, I always dismount and say to the horse: 'We'll walk it together, old dear. — Marie Dressler

I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact, it is much less fatiguing than riding on horseback, and even with the little practice I have yet had, I find it shakes me less. — William John Wills

I also love horseback riding in New Jersey. — Eva Herzigova

I went horseback riding and got a big chunk of horse manure kicked into my face. It has a way of slapping you right back into reality. — Vanessa Carlton

My hobbies are mountain biking, horseback riding and packing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, and skiing. — Douglas Preston

There's nothing like the first horseback ride to make a person feel better off. — Herbert V. Prochnow

Horseback Quotes

Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard. — Genghis Khan

I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be flat out on their beds, complaining. We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills. — Frederick the Great

Putin the poseur on horseback is hiding in his remote bunker, while Zelensky, the former comedian, is risking his life on the frontline. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I have heard that one can conquer the empire on horseback, but one cannot govern it on horseback. — Kublai Khan

This sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horseback-breaker, this huge hill of flesh! — William Shakespeare

Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot. — Hungarian Proverbs

If I were to leave the U.S., I'd live in England. But I'd never leave the U.S. I own a 400-acre farm in Macon, Georgia. I raise cattle and hogs. I own horses, too. I love horses as much as singing. I like to hunt on horseback. — Otis Redding

A man who has tasted with profound enjoyment the pleasure of agreeable society will eat with a greater appetite than he who rode horseback for two hours. An amusing lecture is as useful for health as the exercise of the body. — Immanuel Kant

In vocal prayer we go to God on foot. In meditation we go to God on horseback. In contemplation we go to God in a jet. — Fulton J. Sheen

I live within the vivid colors of my imagination, soaring with rainbow-feathered birds, racing the desert winds on horseback, wrapped in ancient tribal jewels, dancing with mythical tigers in steamy jungles. — Laurel Burch

Horse And Rider Quotes

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground. — John Dryden

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse. — Anonymous

You can kiss me if you like," she said. Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse. — Anthony Horowitz

But talent—if you don't encourage it, if you don't train it, it dies. It might run wild for a little while, but it will never mean anything. Like a wild horse. If you don't tame it and teach it to run on track, to pace itself and bear a rider, it doesn't matter how fast it is. It's useless. — Elizabeth Hand

A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. — Prince Philip

Equestrian art is the perfect understanding and harmony between horse and rider. — Nuno Oliveira

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so. — Steven Pressfield

The goal of all dressage riding should be to bring the horse and rider together in harmony...a oneness of balance, purpose, and athletic expression. — Walter Zettl

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan. — Pam Brown

In the calmness of the walk, horse and rider can find the time to think and to prepare the quality of the following trot and canter. — Nuno Oliveira

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More Good Horse Quotes

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race. — Gough Whitlam

I came in with my idea of what a cowboy would wear, but then I met some real cowboys and they said that I rode the horses well, shoed the horses, but no good cowboy would be wearing a pair of Levi's. I had to get a good old pair of Wranglers. — Steve Kanaly

The music I like to play is Rock 'N Roll. I like to rock like a wild animal. I like to rock it well enough to whip a yak's ass. I love to rock it good on a horse's ass. I like to rock it real hard. I love to rock it all the way to Russia. I like to kick out the Jazz and kick it out all the way. — Wesley Willis

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa— Who knows most, knows least. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Though I am an old horse, and have seen and heard a great deal, I never yet could make out why men are so fond of this sport; they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields, and all for a hare, or a fox, or a stag, that they could get more easily some other way; but we are only horses, and don't know. — Anna Sewell

He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activites in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all. — Cormac McCarthy

A good jockey doesn't need orders and a bad jockey couldn't carry them out anyway; so it's best not to give them any. — Lester Piggott

I had so much horse I knew I could wait until something opened up. I was in a good position and could see where the holes were going to open up and she was really on her game today. When I rode her last time, she did the same thing and when I asked her, she was ready. I'm very thankful to Juddmonte and to Bill Mott to have me on her again. — Rosie Napravnik

I love watching a good horse do what he's bred to do - I guess that's what I like the most about it. And I love to see good athletes do what they're bred to do. — Wilford Brimley

She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too. — Tom Petty

I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like a fox. And play like a rabbit. — George Allen

You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer. — Black Elk

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way. — Buffalo Bill

I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace. — Abraham Lincoln

A good horse is the best company in the world. — Katherine Cecil Thurston

When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar. — William Faulkner

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need. — William Faulkner

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. — Marcus Aurelius

Everything is good . . . as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death's horses they run in span. — Jack London

Neither should, for the same reason, the lessons be for too long a period; they fatigue and bore a horse, and it should be returned to the stable with the same good spirits it had upon leaving it. — Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere

Once I get the horse where he’s responding and working for ya and has a good frame of mind and a good attitude, it’s not just the horse that needs fixing. It’s the human that needs fixing and it’s the human that created that in the first place. — Buck Brannaman

And, she was able to tell herself with some satisfaction, the man in question - one Colin Bridgerton - felt precisely the same way.... ....His earth shook, his heart leaped, and Penelope knew without a doubt that his breath was taken away as well. For a good ten seconds. Falling off a horse tended to do that to a man. — Julia Quinn

Boy, you're like a horse. Just now sated with seed, You've come back to my stable, Yearning for a good rider, fine meadow, An icy spring, shady groves. — Theognis of Megara

There's always [on women's magazines] that great photo of the actress or model lifting up her shirt just to show you the bone structure and the six-pack of her own. It's almost like when horses are auctioned and they show you their teeth. 'Am I good enough?' — Janeane Garofalo

A good horse makes short miles. — George Eliot

A good horse is a man's best friend in time of danger. — Israel Putnam

A good horse should be seldom spurred. — Thomas Fuller

A good horse runs with seeing just the shadow of the whip. — Buddha

A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him. — Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

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