Horsemanship Quotes

Good horses make short miles.

— George Herbert

“A horse is as mighty as its rider.”

— Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum

Be wary of the horse with a sense of humor.

— Pam Brown

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

— William Shakespeare

You cannot train a horse with shouts and expect it to obey a whisper.

— Dagobert D. Runes

“A great horseman or horsewoman has the curiosity of a foal, the patience of a mare and the drive of a stallion.”

— Joanne Verikios

When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring?

— George Erik Rupp

A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him.

— Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

“Sometimes your gallop just isn't what it used to be. And neither is your horsemanship.”

— Dyna Moe

The number one worst piece of horsemanship on earth is violence.

— Monty Roberts

Yet when the books have been read, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them

— Walter Farley

I take the horsemanship very seriously and I treat it with the same integrity that one would any of the fine arts.

— Buck Brannaman

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He…

— Ben Jonson

“A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it…

— Pam Brown

Horsemanship and the cowboy lifestyle and my culture as a Native American are all three things that are very, very important to…

— Brady Jandreau

“True horsemanship is developed in the mindful quality of everything we do—not just in the quality of everything we do with our…

— Mark Rashid

Horsemanship should be fun. By learning how to control your horse in any situation, your confidence will greatly increase. When you're confident,…

— Clinton Anderson

In nature this animal would have nothing to do with you. "Natural horsemanship" is just words. It's not natural at all. There's…

— Buck Brannaman

The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every…

— Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere

...Vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery…

— William Shakespeare

“Once Errol righted himself into some semblance of horsemanship, they set off at an easy canter. That is, the other horses set…

— Patrick W. Carr

Once you have seen quality horsemanship and are exposed to the things you can do to help a horse be gentle and…

— Buck Brannaman

If in another world there is any riding — and God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there…

— Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

Horsemanship is the one art for which it seems one needs only practice. However, practice without true principles is nothing other than…

— Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere

Horsemanship through the history of all nations has been considered one of the highest accomplishments. You can't pass a park without seeing…

— Will Rogers

No test... no testimony. You can not make lemonade with sugar alone... you must have some sour lemons. You can not learn…

— Les Brown

I guess the best thing I do of all is ride. Horsemanship, I have a natural flair for it.

— Sylvester Stallone