The daughter who won't lift a finger in the house is the same child who cycles madly off in the pouring rain to spend all morning mucking out a stable.
-Samantha Armstrong

Horses and dogs have been man's most intimate and faithful companions since the dawn of history, but the horse has certainly been the most useful. In sport, agriculture, transport and warfare, the horse has contributed more to human pleasure, ambition and progress than any other animal.
-Prince Philip

Small children are convinced that ponies deserve to see the inside of
the house.
-Maya Patel

God first made Man. He thought better of it and made Woman. When He got time He made the Horse, which has the courage and spirit of Man and the beauty and grace of Woman.
-Brazilian saying

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall.
-Mexican Proverb

To many, the words love, hope, and dreams are synonymous with horses.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

What a piece of work is a horse! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a man! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!
-James Agate

Learning dressage takes two lifetimes -- yours--and your horse's.
-unknown

Of all Creatures God made at the Creation, there is none except man more excellent, or so much to be respected as a horse.
-Bedouin Legend

Horses are uncomfortable in the middle and dangerous at both ends.
-attributed to Christopher Stone & Ian Fleming