Over 50 Great Horse Quotes

"A stubborn horse walks behind you, an impatient horse walks in front of you, but a noble companion walks beside you." ~Author Unknown

"He is my silent teacher... guiding me to understanding." ~Author Unknown

"One reason why birds and horses are happy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses." ~Dale Carnegie

"All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to me any day" ~Author Unknown

"A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you" ~Author Unknown

"Let a horse whisper in your ear and breathe on your heart...you will never regret it." ~Author Unknown

"Bread may feed my body, but my horse feeds my soul." ~Arabian Poet

"Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground." ~Author Unknown

Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world." ~Josephine Demott Robinson

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

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"The essential joy of being with horses, is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire." ~Sharon Ralls Lemon

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"It is not enough for a rider to know how to ride; she must know how to fall." ~Mexican Proverb

"There is freedom waiting for you, on the breezes of the sky. And you ask "what if I fall?" Oh my darling "what if you fly?" ~Erin Hanson

"A horse is worth more than riches." ~Spanish Proverb

"You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people." ~Will Rogers

"If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong." ~Pat Parelli

"A horse is poetry in motion." ~Author Unknown

"A great horse will change your life. The truly special ones define it..." ~Author Unknown

"When riding a horse, we borrow freedom." ~Helen Thomson

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man."~Winston Churchill

"A pony is a childhood dream. A horse is an adult treasure." ~Rebecca Carroll

"The world is best viewed through the ears of a horse." ~Author Unknown

"Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider." ~Saint Augustine

"To many, the words love, hope, and dreams are synonymous with horses." ~Author Unknown

"Being on a horse is one of my most natural places to be." ~Sinbad

"I call horses 'divine mirrors'- they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that." ~Allan Hamilton

"Success is like a wild horse. If you don't know how to handle it, it will throw you off and look for another rider who can handle it well." ~Ajith Kumar

"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." ~John Lyons

“Our hoofbeats were many, but our hearts beat as one.” ~Author Unknown

“The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse.” ~Author Unknown

“On the back of a horse you will find Paradise.” ~Stella A. Walker

“A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger than a man on foot.” ~John Steinbeck

“God forbid I go to any Heaven in which there are no horses.” ~R.B. Cunningham Graham

“You took me to adventure and to love. We two have shared great joy and great sorrow. And now I stand at the gate of the paddock watching you run in an ecstasy of freedom, knowing you will return to stand quietly, loyally, beside me.” ~Pam Brown

“Horses are incredibly forgiving. They fill in places we’re not capable of filling ourselves.” ~Uck Brannaman

“Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

“There is no better place to heal a broken heart than on the back of a horse.” ~Missy Lyons

“Every horse is different, and what works with one doesn’t necessarily work on another.” ~Craig Cameron

“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, Mud, Sweat and Tears

“From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole.” ~George Gaylord Simpson

“Any real, beautiful thing in this world shouldn't be tamed or claimed or broken. It should be allowed to be, worked with, not against, appreciated. Don't be afraid of the wild she has left. It makes her special." ~Carly Kade, In The Reins

“Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder.” ~Francesca Lia Block, Ruby