Alois Podhajsky quotes
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“There is one principle that should never be abandoned, namely, that the rider must learn to control himself before he can control his horse. This is the basic, most important principle to be preserved in equitation.”
-- Alois PodhajskySource : Alois Podhajsky (2013). “The Complete Training of Horse and Rider”, p.305, Doubleday
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“Whenever difficulties appear, the rider must ask himself: does the horse not want execute my demands, does he not understand what I want, or is he physically unable to carry them out? The rider's conscience must find the answer.”
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“Just as experience dictates to the ballet teacher the length of time necessary to train his students, so the horse, too, needs time to mature into a great four legged dancer. This fact cannot be obliterated by seeming successes that supposedly prove the opposite. For, even if someone should succeed in training a horse to high school level by the age of eight, this individual occurrence cannot shake the foundations of the classical art of riding, if this dressage horse is completely unsound and unusable by the age of ten.”
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“Theory without practice is of little value, whereas practice is the proof of theory.Theory is the knowledge, practice the ability.”
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“The objective of the Classical Art of Riding is to train the horse not only to be brilliant in the movements and the exercises of the High School but also to be quiet, supple and obedient and by his smooth movements to make riding a true pleasure”
-- Alois PodhajskySource : Alois Podhajsky (2013). “The Complete Training of Horse and Rider”, p.25, Doubleday
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“Nature can exist without Art, but Art can never exist without Nature.”
-- Alois PodhajskySource : Alois Podhajsky (2013). “The Complete Training of Horse and Rider”, p.22, Doubleday
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“I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.”
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“A camel is a horse designed by committee.”
Source : Gordon R. Dickson (1978). “The Far Call”
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“Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.”
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“You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.”
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“The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.”
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“On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.”
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