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Horse Quotes

Most Famous Horse Quotes of All Time!

Horses become a metaphor for going with life's flow in this collection, with one line urging riders to move in the direction the horse already wants to go. Others speak fondly of missing a horse left behind. Explore more Like quotes on animals and metaphor.

In polo, you jump on a horse and you play. To play tennis, you have to train every day. It's your legs that do all the work. In polo, it's the horses' legs.

Quotes by Adolfo Cambiaso

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

I got into circuses and put on circuses in the backyard. My dad had horses and he'd bring them and we'd do horse tricks. I was 6 or 7 years old putting on circuses for the family or whoever in...

Quotes by Adam Page

I have got a scheme to make a thing in the form of a horse with a steam engine in the inside so contrived as to move an immense pair of wings, fixed on the outside of the horse, in...

Quotes by Ada Lovelace

Always Quotes

The first two days that I rode a horse, I had someone controlling it with a rope around its neck.

Quotes by Abhimanyu Singh

When I was living in the projects, I had a mop stick for my horse. I wanted to be Gene Autry or Roy Rogers, so I would ride my mop through the projects.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

I miss my horse. He's in Los Angeles.

Quotes by Zosia Mamet

In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. He's done everything for me and I owe him the world.

Quotes by Zara Phillips

I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.

Quotes by Zac Goldsmith

Good Quotes

If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself.

Quotes by Yayoi Kusama

A Persian army being then subject to great inconveniences, for their horses are tied and generally shackled to prevent them from running away, and if an alarm happens, a Persian has the housing to fix, his horse to bridle, and...

Quotes by Xenophon

For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.

Quotes by Xenophon

I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse.

Quotes by Woody Allen

In Montana, when we did 'Return to Lonesome Dove', we rode on the side of a hill at night in the dark; I was afraid my horse would step on one of the actors playing dead. The director said to...

Quotes by William Sanderson

Great Quotes

After I broke my leg I had to go back and do one of the remakes of 'The Magnificent Seven' and ended up on a horse that pitched me off and broke my leg again... I rode horses pretty well....

Quotes by William Lucking

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

Quotes by William Inge

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we may work him according to nature.

Quotes by William Cavendish

But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled.

Quotes by William Cavendish

These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing puts a horse so much upon his haunches, and consequently makes him so light in hand, as my new method of the pillar.

Quotes by William Cavendish

Like Quotes

Harness mules and oxen, but give a horse a chance to run.

Quotes by Wild Bill Hickok

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of horse quotes are collected here?
A mix of literal ones about riding and caring for actual horses, plus a couple of metaphorical lines that use "horse" to talk about persistence and hard work.
What does "ride the horse in the direction it's going" mean here?
It's advice about working with momentum rather than fighting it, a practical piece of wisdom that applies well beyond actual riding.
Is there a quote about a real, personal bond with a horse?
Yes -- one speaker describes finding an exceptional horse early in their career and feeling they owe that animal everything for what it helped them achieve.
What's the "industry vs. genius" quote saying?
It argues that consistent effort is a more reliable path to success than raw talent, comparing the two to different horses you could choose to ride.
How are these quotes typically used?
People share them as motivational lines about steady effort, or simply because they Like horses and want something Good to caption a photo -- some read as genuinely Great life advice in disguise.

One quote describes a once-in-a-lifetime horse that carries a rider through an entire career, while another compares industry favorably to genius as a path to success. See Great and Good quotes too.