Cowboys And Horses Quotes:

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

- Robert Smith Surtees

source: 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour' (1853) ch. 31

topic: Horse, Secret, Riders, Equestrian, Dressage

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Horse, Animal, Life Is, Equestrian, My Cowboy

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan.

- Pam Brown

topic: Wise, Horse, Equestrian, Cowboys And Horses, Great Horse

A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

- John Steinbeck

topic: Horse, Men, Feet, Equestrian, Cowboys And Horses

A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.

- Beryl Markham

source: Beryl Markham (2012). “West with the Night”, p.133, Open Road Media

topic: Horse, Emotional, Lovely, Cowboy Wisdom, Cowboys And Horses

Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers.

- Charles Marion Russell

topic: Horse, Cowboy, Men, Cowboys And Horses

Whoever said a horse was dumb, was dumb

- Will Rogers

topic: Horse, Cowboy, Dumb, Good Horse, Cowboys And Horses

Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are.

- Unknown

topic: Horse, Food, Garden, Slow Food, Inspirational Gardening

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

- John Wayne

topic: Courage, Veterans Day, Military, Being Scared, Special Needs

Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

- Debbie Macomber

source: Debbie Macomber (2013). “Texas Two-Step”, p.98, Harlequin

topic: Horse, Grandpa, Bulls, Old West, My Cowboy

When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring?

- George Erik Rupp

topic: Baby, Horse, Spring, Tractors, Cowboys And Horses

It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.

- Will Rogers

topic: Cowboy, Sheep, Genius, Old West, My Cowboy

Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

- Will Rogers

topic: Men, Missing, Hot, Chewing, My Cowboy

You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.

- Will Rogers

topic: Horse, Gambling, People, Gamble, Cowboys And Horses

Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse.

- Texas Bix Bender

source: Texas Bix Bender (2000). “Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On!”, p.81, Gibbs Smith

topic: Horse, Mind, Speak, Cowboy Wisdom, Cowboys And Horses

A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character.

- Federico Tesio

topic: Horse, Inspiration, Heart, Cowboys And Horses, Equine

Alfred Austin said, "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

- Alfred Austin

source: "Fictional character: Alex Blake". "Criminal Minds". Season 8, Episode 5: "The Good Earth", www.imdb.com. October 31, 2012.

topic: Horse, Food, Journey, Slow Food, Inspirational Gardening

If in another world there is any riding — and God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses — I cannot but think that there will be a soft swishing as of the footsteps of some invisible horse heard occasionally on the familiar trails over which the equestrian statue is to look.

- Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

source: "Thirty Tales & Sketches".

topic: Horse, Heaven, Equestrian, Cowboy Wisdom, Cowboys And Horses

When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

- Tammara Webber

source: Tammara Webber (2014). “Between the Lines: The Complete Series”, p.521, Tammara Webber

topic: Inspirational, Cowboy, Digging A Hole, Old West, My Cowboy

It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts!

- Nicholas Evans

topic: Horse, Cowboy, Nuts, Inspirational Horse, Equestrian

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

- Warren Buffett

topic: Needs, Investment, Barbers, My Cowboy, Rodeo

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

- W. C. Fields

topic: Funny, Horse, Crazy, Equestrian, Pet Animals

Horses lend us the wings we lack.

- Pam Brown

topic: Horse, Wings, Equestrian, Cowboys And Horses, Equine

Be wary of the horse with a sense of humor.

- Pam Brown

topic: Horse, Sense Of Humor, Equine, Cowboys And Horses, Horse Sense

Never slap a man who is chewing tobacco.

- Will Rogers

topic: Funny, Humor, Cowboy, My Cowboy, Cowboy Wisdom

The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study.

- Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere

topic: Art, Horse, Foundation, Horsemen, Dressage

A pony is a childhood dream. A horse is an adulthood treasure.

- Rebecca Carroll

topic: Dream, Horse, Childhood, Childhood Dreams, Cowboys And Horses

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a raindance.

- Texas Bix Bender

topic: Outcomes, Timing, Old West, My Cowboy, Cowboy Wisdom