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.
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
Whoever said a horse was dumb, was dumb
It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts!
A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character.
Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers.
There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.
Horses lend us the wings we lack.
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.
When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.
Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.
Alfred Austin said, "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."
Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are.
Never slap a man who is chewing tobacco.
Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
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