415 Quotes About Horses

Wishes are not horses therefore beggars must trek.

I had always held a little towards Gulliver’s opinion, that horses are better than we are, and, that day, I would have been glad to depart with him to the kingdom of horses, if I’d been given the chance.

Willie always speaks to me when he can, and treats me as his special friend. My ladies have promised that I shall never be sold, and so I have nothing to fear; and here my story ends. My troubles are all over, and I am at home; and often before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my old friends under the apple-trees.

Above all, Vasya wanted her horse. She wanted his strength, his warm breath, his uncomplicated affection. Without him, she was a lost girl in a dress; on his back, she felt invincible.

Is it not better," she said, "to lead a good fashion than to follow a bad one?

Here’s the secret: never give up. Get a tortoise tattoo if you need to, but just stick it out, slowly and patiently, because consistency is the greatest kindness a horse will ever know.

Galloping is trust and honesty between horse and rider and pure, amazing energy.

By nature the horse is good. If he learns bad manners by associating with bad men, we ought to lay the blame where it belongs.

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