--- title: "8 Horse Going Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Horse Going quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Horse Going sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/gracie-allen-14263_asking_it-s-foolish-to-bet-on-a-horse-without-t_39828.jpg" --- > [It's foolish to bet on a horse without talking to him first. I know it seems silly to ask a horse who's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/it-s-foolish-to-bet-on-a-horse-without-talking-to-him-first-i-know-it/) [Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/gracie-allen-14263_asking_it-s-foolish-to-bet-on-a-horse-without-t_39828.jpg) > [Horses are consistent and logical. The horse will do what is easiest for him. If you make it easy for him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buck-brannaman/horses-are-consistent-and-logical-the-horse-will-do-what-is-easiest/) [Buck Brannaman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buck-brannaman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/buck-brannaman-3938_accurate_horses-are-consistent-and-logical-the-ho_253409.jpg) > [Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the horse in that direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/find-your-horse-discover-the-direction-the-horse-is-going-ride-the/) [Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/peter-mcwilliams-2236_horse_find-your-horse-discover-the-direction-t_400510.png) > [“If I ever find a dead horse, I am going to beat the fucking shit out of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-pink/if-i-ever-find-a-dead-horse-i-am-going-to-beat-the-fucking-shit-out/) [Sam Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-pink/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/sam-pink-20384_dead-horse_if-i-ever-find-a-dead-horse-i-am-going-t_996267.jpg) > [“SEE! I HAVE TIME. AT LAST, I HAVE TIME Albert backed away nervously. ‘And now that you have it, what are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/see-i-have-time-at-last-i-have-time-albert-backed-away-nervously-and/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/terry-pratchett-19_death_see-i-have-time-at-last-i-have-time-albe_1486324.jpg) > [There is a story in Zen circles about a man and a horse. The horse is galloping quickly, and it appears that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/there-is-a-story-in-zen-circles-about-a-man-and-a-horse-the-horse-is/) [Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/nhat-hanh-515_another-man_there-is-a-story-in-zen-circles-about-a_1501116.png) > [It is more important to keep the horse going hard than to always play the exact notes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-ives/it-is-more-important-to-keep-the-horse-going-hard-than-to-always-play/) [Charles Ives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-ives/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/charles-ives-17391_go-hard_it-is-more-important-to-keep-the-horse-g_2604892.png) > [“If you keep gathering those reins, lass, you and the horse are going to end up back where you came from.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-banks/if-you-keep-gathering-those-reins-lass-you-and-the-horse-are-going-to/) [Maya Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/maya-banks-617_reins_if-you-keep-gathering-those-reins-lass-y_3135710.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/horse-going/#itemlist", "name": "Horse Going Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's foolish to bet on a horse without talking to him first. 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