It is easy to conquer the world from the back of a horse. — Genghis Khan
Don't be the rider who gallops all nightand never sees the horse that is beneath him — Rumi
There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins. — Hafez
The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes. — Yiddish Proverbs
Men who didn’t know how to get on and off a horse would not be much use around a cow outfit. — Larry Mcmurtry
It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. — Adlai E. Stevenson
Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard. — Genghis Khan
Those who fight with silver spears are sure of their victory — Greek Proverbs
Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice. — Alexander Pope
Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry,
A fleet of ships is the fairest thing
On the face of the black earth, but I say
It's what one loves. — Sappho
In summer winter rain or sun, it's good to be on horseback. — Mike Oldfield
Short Horsemen Quotes
Never mind, love, it's not the end of the world. — Simon Barnes
The number one worst piece of horsemanship on earth is violence. — Monty Roberts
Youth and nepotism, the twin horsemen of Hollywood! — Susan Dunlap
Controlling your emotions is the biggest challenge for a horseman. — Buck Brannaman
Not every rider is a horseman and not every horseman is a knight. — Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Rampaging horsemen can conquer; only the city can civilize. — James A. Michener
One of the biggest challenges of a horsemen is to be able tot control your emotions. — Buck Brannaman
The horseman on the pale horse is Pestilence. He follows the wars. — Ardel Wray
Principles have achieved more victories than horsemen or chariots. — William McGregor Paxton
Various Horsemen are abroad, doing their various Apocalyptic things. — George Alec Effinger
Book Of Revelations Quotes
The book of Revelation says that we no longer need the sun or the moon, for Christ is the light of the world. — Tim LaHaye
In the eyes of a seer, every leaf of a tree is a page of the Holy Book and contains divine revelation. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of religion, of special revelation from God; but it is also a book which teaches man his own individual responsibility, his own dignity, and his equality with his fellow - man. — Daniel Webster
The Revelation of God is not a book or a doctrine, but a living Person. — Emil Brunner
Creative experience foreshadows a new Heaven and a new Earth. — Nikolai Berdyaev
It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it (i.e. the Book of Revelations), and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherence of our own nightly dreams. — Thomas Jefferson
The great revelation of the quantum theory was that features of discreteness were discovered in the Book of Nature, in a context in which anything other than continuity seemed to be absurd according to the views held until then. — Erwin Schrodinger
Have you ever thought what a God would be like who actually ordained and executed the cruelty that is in [the biblical Book of Revelation]? A holocaust of mankind. Yet so many of these Bible-men accept the idea without a second thought. — C.J. Sansom
Four Horsemen Quotes
I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny-fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear. — Margaret Chase Smith
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse predict an ailing marriage: Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling and Contempt. The worst of these is contempt. — John M. Gottman
When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed. — Eric Hoffer
Beware the Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse: terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers, and child pornographers. Seems like you can scare any public into allowing the government to do anything with those four. — Bruce Schneier
You like the girl," Alasdair offered. Nassar leveled a heavy gaze at him. "Lillian said you tried to be funny in the car. I told her it couldn't possibly be true. The moment you try to make a joke, the sky shall split and the Four Horsemen will ride out, heralding Apocalypse. — Ilona Andrews
As far as love is concerned, possession, power, fusion and disenchantment are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. — Zygmunt Bauman
The least-bad scenario is a hard landing, global recession worse than the 1930s. The worst-case borrows from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: war, famine, pestilence and death. — Kenneth S. Deffeyes
The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visions - dreams and nightmares, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, earthquakes, plagues and war. — Elaine Pagels
Army, Marriage, the Church, and Baking: the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. Fermin Romero de Torres - The Shadow of the Wind. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A lot of people we tell the story to assume that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were actually part of the original Washington Irving story, which only happens to be 17 pages. It's a great starting point, and then we built on it, very much in a logical progression. — Roberto Orci
Horseback Quotes
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
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
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
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 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
Cavalry Quotes
There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry. — George Armstrong Custer
We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre. — Dick Gregory
Custer is said to have boasted that he could ride through the entire Sioux Nation with his Seventh Cavalry, and he was half right. He got half-way through. — Vine Deloria Jr.
By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery, and cavalry. — James Monroe
Altogether, Cavalry operations are exceedingly difficult, knowledge of the country is absolutely necessary, and ability to comprehend the situation at a glance, and an audacious spirit, are everything. — Maurice de Saxe
Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry? — John Ford
A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so. — Steven Pressfield
A perfect writer would make words sing, dance, kiss, do the male and female act, bear children, weep, bleed, rage, stab, steal, fire cannon, steer ships, sack cities, charge with cavalry or infantry, or do anything that man or woman or the natural powers can do. — Walt Whitman
Horseback Riding Quotes
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
But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party. Meaning, you can't go horseback riding with Jackie O in Central Park if you're going to make a joke about her that night. — Joan Rivers
I used to do horseback riding in the South, and it was just things I'd be pasting. I think my diaries was just an infantile desire to record things. I liked saving things instead of writing. — Peter Beard
The Miata is taking the place of the 240Z . The fun of driving cars is the same as riding a horse. We need a car that is like riding on horseback. We are making robots. Robots don't like human control. — Yutaka Katayama
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
I set out to become the greatest lover in Vienna, the greatest horseman in Austria, and the greatest economist in the world. Alas, for the illusions of youth: as a horseman, I was never really first-rate. — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can't bother about where they're going. — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience. — Michael Josephson
To make a perfect horseman, three things are requisite. First, to know how and when to help your horse. Secondly, how and when to correct him. And thirdly, how and when to praise him and to make much of him. — Thomas Blundeville
You must somehow understand that we as horsemen can do very little to teach the horse. What we can do is to create an environment in which he can learn. — Monty Roberts
On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! — William Butler Yeats
You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell. — Bear Grylls
I'm still on the move, I'm getting better because I'm still studying. I still want to be a better horseman. — Buck Brannaman
I was really fascinated by the idea of how cunning and calculating Headless Horseman would be, and how much personality you can actually get from somebody when they're not expressing. They can do a lot of attitude, just within their body movements. — Roberto Orci
In these days when science is clearly in the saddle and when our knowledge of disease is advancing at a breathless pace, we are apt to forget that not all can ride and that he also serves who waits and who applies what the horseman discovers. — Harvey Cushing
Horsemanship is the one art for which it seems one needs only practice. However, practice without true principles is nothing other than routine, the fruit of which is a strained and unsure execution, a false diamond which dazzles semi-connoisseurs often more impressed by the accomplishments of the horse than the merit of the horseman. — Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere
Imagine if the headless horseman had a headless horse. That would be chaos. I would think that if you were the headless horseman's horse, you would be very confused. "I don't think this dude can see." — Mitch Hedberg
Todayart is moving in a direction of which our fathers would never even have dreamed.We stand before the new pictures as in a dream and we hear the apocalyptic horsemen in the air. — Franz Marc
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
Take it from someone who's read the Wikipedia entry: this is how the Ottoman Empire was won: madden horsemen fueled by lethal jet-black coffee-mud. — Cory Doctorow
It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse. — Terry Pratchett
Lay down the axe; fling by the spade;
Leave in its track the toiling plough;
The rifle and the bayonet-blade
For arms like yours were fitter now;
And let the hands that ply the pen
Quit the light task, and learn to wield
The horseman's crooked brand, and rein
The charger on the battle-field. — William C. Bryant
Again the early-morning sun was generous with it's warmth. All the sounds dear to a horseman were around me-the snort of the horses as they cleared their throats, the gentle swish of their tails, the tinkle of irons as we flung the saddles over their backs-little sounds of no importance, but they stay in the unconscious library of memory. — Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
Someone who doesn't know anything about the ways of the horse could be fooled into thinking the approach is all cosmic or mystical. It's not. Anybody can do it who has a passion to do it and has put in enough time. These people are horsemen and horsewomen, not whisperers. — Buck Brannaman
Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey; The horse doth with the horseman away. — Dorothy Parker
Ideas go booming through the world louder than cannon. Thoughts are mightier than armies. Principles have achieved more victories than horsemen or chariots. — William McGregor Paxton
And, ah, who are you? What Horseman, I mean.” Thanatos swung around. “Death.” Cara swallowed. Audibly. “As in, the Grim Reaper?” He snorted. “That poser. — Larissa Ione
Every last minute of my life has been preordained and I'm sick and tired of it.
How this feels is I'm just another task in God's daily planner: the Italian Renaissance penciled in for right after the Dark Ages.
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The Information Age is scheduled immediately after the Industrial Revolution. Then the Postmodern Era, then the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Famine. Check. Pestilence. Check. War. Check. Death. Check. And between the big events, the earthquakes and the tidal waves, God's got me squeezed in for a cameo appearance. Then maybe in thirty years, or maybe next year, God's daily planner has me finished. — Chuck Palahniuk
Horseman. I know you were born back when women were thought of as little more than brood mares and slaves, but it's the twenty-first century, and we can do anything a man does. — Larissa Ione
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