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,
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
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Laree in NC
Doppa Mura
Simon,
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
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Laree in
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
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Laree in NC
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
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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
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
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
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yipie tie yie yo
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 :-))
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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
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
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Laree in NC
Doppa Mura
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 -
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
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yipie tie yie yo
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
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.
here is a good one:
Most horse trainers you see today are simply licensed horse abusers.
Liz Graves
Janice--
yipie tie yie yo
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
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
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Laree
When you're young and
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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Laree
Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are - English saying
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Laree
oh dear, all my horses are either anxious and nervous, comedian
goofballs, or grumpy and opinionated. yi
janice
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yipie tie yie yo
On 9/25/07, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are - English saying
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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
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
Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are - English saying
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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.
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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