Saddle Up with These 50 Equestrian Quotes
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50 Best Equestrian Quotes for Every Horse Lover
On the Bond Between Horse and Rider
- “No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” — Winston Churchill
- “A horse is poetry in motion.”
- “Horses lend us the wings we lack.” — Pam Brown
- “To ride a horse is to fly without wings.”
- “Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world.” — Josephine Demott Robinson
On Horse Wisdom
- “A horse doesn’t care how much you know until he knows how much you care.” — Pat Parelli
- “The horse is a mirror to your soul.” — Buck Brannaman
- “Ask often, be content with little, reward generously.”
- “Horses teach you patience, discipline, and humility.”
- “There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.” — Robert Smith Surtees
On Equestrian Passion
- “Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Horses make a landscape look beautiful.” — Alice Walker
- “The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire.” — Sharon Ralls Lemon
- “When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.” — Sir Winston Churchill
- “Ride more, worry less.”
Motivational Equestrian Quotes
- “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” — John Wayne
- “It’s the difficult horses that have the most to give you.” — Lendon Gray
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
- “Every rider has fallen. The best riders get up, dust off, and ride again.”
- “Ride as though someone left the gate open.”
For Show Jumpers & Competitors
- “The jump doesn’t mean anything unless you get there right.” — George Morris
- “A good rider can hear his horse speak. A great rider can hear his horse whisper.”
- “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
- “In riding a horse, we borrow freedom.” — Helen Thomson
- “The best view comes after the hardest ride.”
On Life Lessons from Horses
- “Riding teaches you more than just how to sit in the saddle.”
- “Your horse can only be as brave as you are.”
- “Great horses demand great riders.”
- “It’s not about the ribbons, it’s about the ride.”
- “Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.” — W.C. Fields
Light-hearted & Fun Horse Quotes
- “Who needs therapy when you can ride horses?”
- “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy horses, and that’s pretty close.”
- “Horse hair, don’t care.”
- “Horses are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”
- “Some of my best friends never say a word to me.”
Inspirational Quotes for Every Ride
- “A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character.” — Tesio
- “Your riding is only as strong as your weakest aid.”
- “Ride with your heart, not just your hands.”
- “Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong.”
- “The hardest thing about riding is the ground.”
Timeless Equestrian Wisdom
- “Every horse deserves to be loved by a little girl at least once in its life.”
- “Training a horse is not about control. It’s about communication.”
- “Patience and time do more than strength or passion.” — Jean de La Fontaine
- “A great horse will change your life. The truly special ones define it.”
- “Horses teach us to be humble and patient, but also bold and fearless.”
Closing Thoughts
- “Horses give us the wings we didn’t know we had.”
- “Ride with pride, respect, and gratitude.”
- “There’s nothing better than the smell of a barn and the nicker of a horse.”
- “True horsemanship is a journey, not a destination.”
- “Live like someone left the pasture gate open.”
