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"Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly: and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story." - from Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann and "Yet when all the books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them." - William Farley ( author of the Black Stallion) -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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"A horse gallops with his lungs, preserves with his heart, and wins with hi character."- Federico Tesio , BREEDING THE RACEHORSE and "Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss'd his horse." - William Cowper, "Conversations" -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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"A lovely horse is always an experience...It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words" - Beryl Markha, in West with the Night (a great book by the way) and "It is not best that we all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races" - Mark Twain -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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Scooter, this is how your owner is going to feel if you don't start behaving - "I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked" _ Lambert Jeffries and an oldie but goodie - "If the world was truly a rational place, men would ride sidesaddle." - Rita Mae Brown -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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> > Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on > people. ~W.C. Fields I always thought there was a lot of truth to this, Janice :-)) -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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here is a good quote I found: Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ~W.C. Fields haha janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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On 10/30/07, Laree Shulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > "If you start getting nervous about getting hurt, you will be...If you > are worrying about the danger it's time to give up" - Jason Weaver - > an American jockey > i guess you cant blame him for saying that since he's a rider of untrained 2 year olds bred to gallop uncontrollably haha Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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LOVE the first one. My husband told someone that I ride every day of the week. That's not actually, true. I waste a little time each week. Nancy
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"I've spent most of my life riding horses. The rest I've just wasted." - Anonymous and I'm not so sure I agree with this next one - "If you start getting nervous about getting hurt, you will be...If you are worrying about the danger it's time to give up" - Jason Weaver - an American jockey -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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"Kissed by sunlight, embraced by open fields. The horse is the center of all beautiful things" - Unknown and "Whenever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization, we will find the hoofprint of a horse beside it" -- John Trotwood Moore -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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King Richard: A Horse, a Horse, my kingdom for a horse! "One of Shakespeare's best known lines. The quotation is sometimes now repeated ironically when someone is is need of some unimportant item." Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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"I never play horseshoes 'cause Mother taught us not to throw our clothes around" - Mr Ed and (for Mic) "Go anywhere in England, where there are natural, wholesome, contented and really nice English people, and what do you always find? That the stables are the real centre of the household" - George Bernard Shaw, Heartbreak House -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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Good quotes Laree. Cherie Western North Carolina Lilja, Roka (Icelandics) and Tyra (Fjord)
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""When I hear somebody talk about a horse or a cow being stupid, I figure it's a sure sign that animal has outfoxed them" - Tom Dorrance and this one I've always liked: "Somewhere...Somewhere in time's Own Space There must be some sweet pasture place Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow Some Paradise where horses go, For by the love that guides my pen I know great horses live again." - Stanley Harrison -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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here is a good one: "Most horse trainers you see today are simply licensed horse abusers." Liz Graves Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
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This one's for Janice :-))- "Stable thinking is the ability to say "neigh" - Source unknown and "It is not the duty of the horse to be a biofeedback mechanism for yearning humans; yet it is remarkable how consistently people with horses claimed to have learned much about themselves through them. Certainly, the management of a horse will give you a rapid evaluation of your patience, your powers of concentration, and your ability to hold on to delicate ideas for sustained periods of time." - Thomas McGuane, Some Horses Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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"Every time you ride, you're either teaching or un-teaching your horse." - Gordon Wright and "What does it take to train a horse? More time than the horse has" - Former All-Around Rodeo champion Larry Mahan I'm not sure about the second one. I don't think it was meant to be a real deep thought but each time I read it I take it a little differently and sometimes I agree with my interpretation and sometimes I don't. What do you think it means? -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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"O the horeman's and the horsewoman's joys! The saddle, the gallop. the pressure upon the seat, the cool gurgling by the ears and hair" - Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass And "Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people" - W.C. Fields -- Laree "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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> "New opinions are always suspected, and usually > opposed, without any > other reason but because they are not already > common." - John Locke That's a good one! > "When God created the horse He said to the > magnificent creature: I > have made thee as no other. All the treasures of > the earth lie > between thy eyes. Thou shalt carry my friends upon > thy back. Thy > saddle shall be the seat of prayers to me. And thou > fly without > wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse." > - The Koran I had no idea this was in The Koran! Thanks for the quotes! Judy
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Thank you Laree. I love the Davis quote. We once took care of a little boy who was severely brain injured and in a way that left him, according to his doctors, irritable. Not irritable in a cranky way, but just edgy and unhappy. He didn't walk or speak or see. All his needs had to be met for caregivers. He cried a lot and didn't sleep well. I took him and our daughter Brenda to a farm day put on by a local farmer for school children. They had ponies in a riding ring, an activity that the normally buoyant Brenda hated. We decided to try to put David up on a pony. He began his ride sort of slumped over and wobbly, but before he had made a circuit of the ring, he was sitting up tall with a huge grin on his face. It was a sight to bring tears to anyone who loves horses and what they bring to us. Nancy
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This one is meant to be humerous - don't try this at home - "It takes a great deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take as required." - Stephen Leacock, "Refelections on Riding", Literary Lapses and this is for Nancy and all you other wonderful people who participate in riding therapy programs - "I saw a child who couldn't walk, sit on a horse and laugh and talk...I saw a child who could only crawl, mount a horse and sit up tall...I saw a child born into strife, take up and hold the reins of life...And that same child was heard to say, thank you God for showing me the way." - John Anthony Davis -- Laree "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common." - John Locke and "When God created the horse He said to the magnificent creature: I have made thee as no other. All the treasures of the earth lie between thy eyes. Thou shalt carry my friends upon thy back. Thy saddle shall be the seat of prayers to me. And thou fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse." - The Koran -- Laree "When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter" - Roy Rogers
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> "Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and self > esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls - they > give us hope" - Toni Robinson That's a nice one! We can take it a little further and help our children learn good horsemanship, how to relate to horses in a partnership way. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
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I don't think these quotes are exactly what Judy had in mind when she mentioned this - I think she was looking for stuff to generate more discussion - but I have collected them over the years so I thought everyone (or some) might enjoy them. SO --- "Take most people, they're crazy about cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for godsake" - Holden Caulifield, in JD Salingers's The Catcher in the Rye "Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and self esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls - they give us hope" - Toni Robinson -- Laree What a horse does under compulsion is done without understanding, and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip or spur a dancer. -Xenophon
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"There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing" - Will Rogers "Remember that the most important gait of the hunter is the halt" - William P. Wadsworth, M.F.H., Riding to Hounds in America: An Introduction for Foxhunters -- Laree What a horse does under compulsion is done without understanding, and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip or spur a dancer. -Xenophon
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Oh Judy, we were just joking around. I would be proud to have someone use my horses as a reference for the kind of person I am. Nancy
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>> > "Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are" - English saying > -- > I think this is more about how you treat your animals than about their > personality - in other words, what does it say about a person that > they would use a harsh bit to the point of a bloody mouth to win a > ribbon. Recently I had an email from a gal who has a friend with an Icelandic. She has always wanted an Icelandic, but now that she knows her friend's horse, she had changed her mind. She said that the horse is reserved, doesn't quite like people. I told her to come and see my horses! That the horses do not have to be like that; and that it was my opinion that the particular horse, knowing where it came from, was made that way. It would just take a little work to open the horse up and it would probably be more friendly and enjoy seeing her. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
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Oh no! I must have schizophrenia. Of course, a friend who has a sister with that diagnosis, said the decor of our home suggested the same. We have one very reactive horse that moves like an equine ballerina and over-reacts to life's littlest adventures, another phlegmatic clumbsy gelding with the disposition of a saint, a lazy Icelandic mare and an energetic/sweet/willing Icelandic mare. It's me! Nancy
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On 9/25/07, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are" - English saying -- > > Laree > > oh dear, all my horses are either anxious and nervous, comedian > goofballs, or grumpy and opinionated. yi > janice I think this is more about how you treat your animals than about their personality - in other words, what does it say about a person that they would use a harsh bit to the point of a bloody mouth to win a ribbon. -- Laree What a horse does under compulsion is done without understanding, and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip or spur a dancer. -Xenophon
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> > "Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are" - English saying > > -- > Laree > oh dear, all my horses are either anxious and nervous, comedian goofballs, or grumpy and opinionated. yi janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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"Courage, wisdom born of insight and humility, empathy born of compassion and love, all can be bequeathed by a horse to his rider" - Charles de Knuffy and "Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are" - English saying -- Laree
