Here is The Farrier Guide’s collection of horse quotations (horse quotes). We post a new quotation paired with an image to our Facebook page every week. Join the page for some weekly inspiration! And if you have any horse quotations of your own that you don’t see here feel free to add them to the comments below.
It excites me that no matter how much machinery replaces the horse, the work it can do is still measured in horsepower…..even in this space age. And although a riding horse often weighs half a ton, and a big drafter a full ton, either can be led about by a piece of string if he has been wisely trained. This to me is a constant source of wonder, and challenge. – Marguret Henry
A woman needs two animals: The horse of her dreams and a jackass to pay for it.
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. – W.C. Fields
Horses are uncomfortable in the middle and dangerous at both ends. – Attributed to both Christopher Stone and Ian Fleming
When in doubt, ask a horse.
In training horses, one trains himself – Antoine De Pluvinet
When riding my horse I no longer have my heart in my chest, but between my knees.
Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.
A horse is like a violin, first it must be tuned, and when tuned it must be accurately played.
It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. – Mexican Proverb
A stubborn horse walks behind you, an impatient horse walks in front of you, but a noble companion walks beside you.
A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground or break into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose into the open. – Gerald Raferty
I whisper to my horse, but he never listens!
If a horse stands on you its because you’re in the way.
Of all creature God made at the Creation, there is none more excellent, or so much to be respected as a horse. – Bedouin Legend
The hardest thing about learning to ride is the ground!
A good rider can hear his horse speak to him.
A great rider can hear his horse whisper.
But a bad rider won’t hear his horse even if it screams at him!
Grooming: the process by which the dirt on the horse is transferred to the groom.
The love for a horse is just as complicated as the love for another human being…If you never love a horse, you will never understand.
When your horse follows you with out 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…do you love him back?
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