I'm gonna be fired!!! I spend entirely too much time running amok on the internet. I found a wonderful site with horse quotations. Thought I'd share this one on behalf of our beloved horses.

For ALL trainers, riders, horsekeepers and horse-lovers--this one is from a true master:

Whenever difficulties appear, the rider must ask himself: does the horse not want to execute my demands, does he not understand what I want, or is he physically unable to carry them out? The rider's conscience must find the answer.
    - Alois Podhajsky, former director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria

--Susan

Susan,

Great topic!

Someone said:

"Something about the outside of a horse, that is good for the inside of a man."

Majid

A very interesting topic!

I've heard once:
-------->" Horses are mirrors with hair on it. When you look in their eyes, you
see a reflection of yourself. "

Neat!

I'm glad we're getting responses! Thanks!

I love this one--how true! How very true!

Arabians: A little bit of everything perfect
    - Amanda Ferber

--Susan

Another nice, and true one:
"Horses leave hoofprints on your heart."

Look back on mans history of freedom ...Trace his present days stenght to its source...And you,ll find that mans pathway to glory.. Is strewn with the bones of a horse......unknown

Hey Susan What a great topic. Not too long ago, Cynthia Culbertson posted this quote:



I love it!

a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse

(shakespears - Richard III)

"The look in a horse's eye is like a blessing on a good mans house." I don't know who said this. Liz Salmon

My favourite Arabian horse quote i read and remembered when I was about 14. I stayed in the house of a person I greatly respect as a horse man, a first real influence in my live: Mr. Ley Dorsers, the father of one of Europes finest trainers - handlers Erik Dorsers.

The quote is in Dutch and nice written on a plate against the wall, it go's: Mensen Met Paarden Hebben Hemel Op Aarde Maar Komen Ze Te Sterven Valt Er Niets Te Erven!!

Wich means as much as: Poeple with horses have heaven on earth but if they come to die their is nothing left behind. (I don't know how to translate exactly, basically their is nothing financially left for the children or those who are left behind!)

I think in most cases thats true, few exceptions maybe!

"Das Glück für die Pferde ist der Reiter auf der Erde."
Can't come forward with a proper translation...

"The most precious possession is a mare, followed by her daughter, in foal with a filly"

Oliver, and here the opposite:

Das Glück dieser Erde liegt auf dem Rücken der Pferde

- ich glaube, die Pferde können es ganz gut ohne uns - aber ich glaube, wir nicht ohne sie - gilt jedenfalls für mich

"The happyness on earth is on a horseback"

But my favorite is said before: The horse is the mirror of his handler/rider.

Christina

"Even without a rider I will always be a charger of the gods, but a man without a horse will only be a man."

- Robert Vavra

The last two lines are my favorite...


The Hooves of the Horses

The hooves of the horses - O' Witching and Sweet.
is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet;
No whisper of lover, no trilling of bird,
Can stir me as hoofs of the horses have stirred.

They spurn disappointment and trample dispair,
and drown with their drum beats the challenge of care,
With scarlet and silk for their banners above,
they are swifter than Fortune and sweeter than love.

On the wings of the morning they gather and fly,
In the hush of the night-time I hear them go by -
The horses of memory thundering through
With flashing white fetlocks all wet with the dew.

When you lay me to slumber no spot you can choose,
but will ring to the rhythm of galloping shoes,
and under the daisies no grave be so deep
but the hooves of the horses shall sound in my sleep.

Will H Ogilvie from Galloping

Good Morning!

How about some quotes with humor:

I'm sure you all can relate to this one!!!

Proper scientific name for horses: Equis keepus brokeus.

Horses have very good manners - my horse will even stop before the fence and let me go over first.

Seen on a bumper sticker:
If I didn't own a horse, this would be a Ferrari!

And, beautiful quotes:

The Breath of Paradise is that which blows between the ears of a horse.
- Arabic Quotation

After God had fulfilled his word, he addressed the newly created mare as follows: “I have made thee without an equal: the goods of this world shall be placed between thy eyes; everywhere I will make thee happy and preferred above all beasts of the field, for tenderness shall everywhere be in the heart of the master; good alike for the chase and retreat, thou shalt fly though wingless . . .”
- From the Koran

And a reply to those who say, "do you think about anything else but..horses?"

Answer:

How can you expect me to get horses out of my head, when thy're in my heart?

C'mon folks....let's here more from you?

--Susan

"He arrived as equus some two million years ago, as splendid an animal as the ages were to produce". James Michener.

"A strange stillness dwells in the eye of the horse, a composure that appears to regard the world from a measured distance...it is a gaze from the depths of a dream..."
Hans Heinrich Isenbart.

"By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself." Emir Abd-el Kader.

"The stomachs of mares are treasure chests bulging with gold." Emir Abd-el-Kader.

"His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage, He is indeed a horse....." William Shakespeare.

"And when he takes a jump, anticipating, he leaves the earth almost as if he could fly...."
Hans Heinrich Isenbart.

The human gives a little to gain a lot, The horse gives a lot to gain a little
Ray Hunt

It's amazing what you can learn when you've already learned all there is to learn
Ray Hunt

The human puts himself above the horse. I have yet to see one that's as good
Ray Hunt

Why does it take a lifetime to learn how to live a lifetime
Ray Hunt

Tammy

Horses give us the wings we lack

I don't care who tells me to, I'm not going to die until someone proves to me that there are hosres in Heaven.

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

You'll never know how much you love to be on a horse... until you fall off!

His hooves pound the beat, your heart sings the song.

And how about those strange adverts we sometimes see?

The most recent: FOR SALE, 5 year old Hunter, goes when I kick him, stops when he runs into something.

a very tired contemporary saying, or one-liner: how do you get rich with horses? Marry money.

Good morning.

A Quote from a FARRIER:


A horse can carry you all day, but a horses legs will carry him for the rest of its life. The better the legs the longer its life and the more days you will be carried.




Chris Kelly.

Hi

I love this old Arab proverb;-

'My treasures do not clink together, or glitter. They gleam in the sun and neigh in the night'

It basically sums me up completely - I don't have two pennies to rub together, but I do have three beautiful Arabian mares - they are my riches!

since we you are talkind about arab proverb this is my favourite one :
fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it !!!!!

Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirwind a home in your manes?-Nikolay Gogol

God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses. -R.B. Cunninghame Graham

The great cowboys are the ones with the biggest hearts.-Ty Murray

The wildest colts make the best horses.-Plutarch

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

You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you! -Isadora Duncan

There are friends and faces that may be forgotten, but there are horses that never will be.-Andy Adams

Virtue shall be bonded into the hair of thy forelock. I have given thee the power of flight without wings.
(The Koran)

By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself.
(Emir Abd-el-Kader)

When riding a horse, we leave our Fear, Troubles and Sadness behind on the ground.
(Julie Carlson) Very True!!!!!!!

Shirley

"Where in the wide world can you find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity? Here, where grace is laced with muscle, and strength by gentleness confined." ~Ronald Duncan

Found on the bottom of this picture by Polly Knoll:

Hi

" seeds spring from seeds, beauty breedeth beauty..
By law of nature thou art bound to breed,
that thine may live, when thou thyself art dead,and so in spite of death thou dost survive,in that thy likeness still is left alive"

William Shakespeare

Hansi

Chief Seattle,s Testimony..1854} What is man without the beasts? If the beasts were gone, man would die from a great lonliness of spirit....For whatever happens to the beasts soon happens to man....All things are connected.........THIS WE KNOW.....The earth does not belong to man...Man belongs to the earth.......THIS WE KNOW...Like the blood which unites one family...All things are connected....Whatever befalls the earth...Befalls the sons of the earth...........MAN DID NOT WEAVE THE WEB OF LIFE...He is merely a strand in it....WHATEVER HE DOES TO THE WEB,,,,he does to himself....................part of chief seattles testimony 1854.

Hi Hansi!

Thanks for noting that wonderful quote from Shakespeare. It has such beautiful application to Arabian horses.

--Susan

Thank you, Carol, for this, one of my absolute favorite quotes!

I revere Native American wisdom. Chief Seattle was light years ahead of others of his time!

God bless him, and you! for submitting this quote.

--Susan

My dad'd favourite 'horse' quote when talking to friends with young daughters:

'Never buy your daughter a horse, they eat £50 notes'

ha ha, i always found this funny, my poor Dad!

Saint Francis of Assisi once said:



And although it is not a quote about horses, his words can be applied in just about everything we do, including Arabian Horses.

Ralph

A horse without rider remains a horse, but a rider without horse is only a person.

Hi, here are my two favourites:

Good horses are few, like good friends,
Though they appear many to the inexperienced eye
Author unknown


When I am an Old Horsewoman.

When I am an old Horsewoman I shall wear turquoise and diamonds
And a straw hat that doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my social security on white wine and carrots,
And sit in my alley-way of my barn
And listen to my horses breathe.

I will sneak out in the middle of a summer night
And ride the old bay gelding
Across the moonstruck meadow
If my old bones will allow.

And when people come to call, I will smile and nod
As I walk past the gardens to the barn and show instead the flowers
growing inside stalls fresh-lined with straw.
I will shovel and sweat and wear hay in my hair as if it were a jewel.

And I will be an embarrassment to all
Who will not yet have found the peace in being free to have a horse as a best friend,
A friend who waits at midnight hour
With muzzle and nicker and patient eyes,
For the kind of woman I will be
When I am old.

Author Unknown

great topic

Okay, this is just proves that everything happens for a reason (is that a quote ). I have been looking up horse quotes for the last hour for a story I'm writing, and finally decided to quit for the evening...came here, and found this topic had been bumped up!

Angela

Here are a few I found that I really liked:

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.

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

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 (This is my favorite )

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

Look back on mans history of freedom ...Trace his present days stenght to its source...And you,ll find that mans pathway to glory.. Is strewn with the bones of a horse......unknown