Walter Zettl quotes

“The biggest enemy to the partnership of dressage is impatience and the human nature to dominate other creatures.”
-- Walter Zettl

Source : Walter Zettl (1998). “Dressage in Harmony: From Basic to Grand Prix”, p.32, Trafalgar Square Books

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“At each stage of work the horse must be taken to his limit, but never over.”
-- Walter Zettl

Source : Walter Zettl (1998). “Dressage in Harmony: From Basic to Grand Prix”, p.29, Trafalgar Square Books

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“Trust and respect are two-way streets. We want the horse to accept us as leaders of the herd, to guide them safely and to provide protection and comfort. In return, they will give us their respect, and willing submission to our ideas about what to do next, and when and where. But this respect can only be based on well deserved trust.”
-- Walter Zettl

Source : Walter Zettl (1998). “Dressage in Harmony: From Basic to Grand Prix”, p.33, Trafalgar Square Books

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“The goal of all dressage riding should be to bring the horse and rider together in harmony...a oneness of balance, purpose, and athletic expression.”
-- Walter Zettl

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“Ride your horse calm, forward and then make him straight.”
-- Walter Zettl

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“The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.”

“Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in improving one's own position.”

Source : "The First and the Last". Book by Adolf Galland, 1954.

“Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.”

“These are not vague inferences . . . but they are solid conclusions drawn from the natural and necessary progress of human affairs.”

“Necessity, especially in politics, often occasions false hopes, false reasonings, and a system of measures, correspondingly erroneous.”

“Conversation is a partnership, not a relation of master and slave, as most people try to make it.”

“In our democracy we must have a partnership of labor, of business and of government.”

“If Christ is not all to you He is nothing to you. He will never go into partnership as a part Saviour of men. If He be something He must be everything, and if He be not everything He is nothing to you.”

“Across our country, social enterprise partnerships between the public and private sectors are providing millions of Americans - young and old - a second chance.”

“The relationship, the marriage, the commitment, the partnership... This is the holy ground.”