100+ Short Inspirational Horse Quotes to Uplift Your Spirit

"Any real, beautiful thing in this world shouldn't be tamed or claimed or broken. It should be allowed to be, worked with, not against, appreciated. Don't be afraid of the wild she has left. It makes her special."

- Carly Kade, In The Reins

"For one to fly, one needs only to take the reins."

- Melissa James

"From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole."

- George Gaylord Simpson

"You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell."

- Bear Grylls, Mud, Sweat and Tears

"The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable and grace unlike any other, still remains humble enough to carry a man upon his back."

- Amber Senti

"Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A horse gallops with his lungs, Perseveres with his heart, And wins with his character."

- Tesio

"Horses don't speak, but they communicate through body language. If you look very closely, you'll find out your horse has been trying to talk to you every day."

- Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum

"You took me to adventure and to love. We two have shared great joy and great sorrow. And now I stand at the gate of the paddock watching you run in an ecstasy of freedom, knowing you will return to stand quietly, loyally, beside me."

- Pam Brown

"There is no better place to heal a broken heart than on the back of a horse."

- Missy Lyons

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man."

- Sir Winston Churchill

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

- Winston Churchill

"The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire."

- Sharon Ralls

"You and your horse. His strength and beauty. Your knowledge and patience and determination and understanding and love. That’s what fuses the two of you into this marvellous partnership that makes you wonder… What can heaven offer any better than what I have here on earth?"

- Monica Dickens

"I can make a General in five minutes, but a good horse is hard to replace."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Every time you ride, be it a leap towards achieving your dreams, a step closer to mastering a skill, or a gallop away from your fears."

- Author Unknown

"Horses are angels with hooves, sent to Earth to teach us about love, trust, and patience."

- Pam Brown

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

- John Steinbeck

"Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Wherever man has left his footprints in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization, we find the hoofprint of a horse beside it."

- John Trotwood Moore

"Every horse we’ve had has taught us something."

- Ruth Skinner

"A horse doesn’t care how much you know until he knows how much you care. Put your hand on your horse and your heart in your hand."

- Pat Parelli

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

- Tesio

"When your horse follows you without being asked; when he rubs his head on yours, and when you look at him and feel a tingle down your spine... you know you are loved."

- John Lyons

"No Hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle."

- Winston Churchill

"At its finest, rider and horse are joined not by tack, but by trust. Each is totally reliant upon the other. Each is the selfless guardian of the other’s well-being."

- Author Unknown

"When riding a horse we leave our fear, troubles, and sadness behind on the ground."

- Juli Carlson

"There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favorite places is on the back of my horse."

- Rolf Kopfle

"Horses are incredibly forgiving. They fill in places we’re not capable of filling ourselves."

- Uck Brannaman

"Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder."

- Francesca Lia Block, Ruby

"On the back of a horse you will find Paradise."

- Stella A. Walker

"If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it will take all day. Act like you've got all day, it will take fifteen minutes."

- Monty Roberts

"I’ve often said there is nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse."

- Ronald Reagan

"He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music."

- Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale

"Every horse is different, and what works with one doesn’t necessarily work on another."

- Craig Cameron

"God forbid I go to any Heaven in which there are no horses."

- R.B. Cunningham Graham

"His hooves pound the beat, your heart sings the song."

- Jerry Shulman

"I call horses 'divine mirrors'- they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that."

- Allan Hamilton

"No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses."

- Herman Melville

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

- Rebecca Carroll

"A good rider can hear his horse speak to him. A great rider can hear his horse whisper."

- Author Unknown

"One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress."

- Viggo Mortensen

"We have almost forgotten how strange a thing it is that so huge and powerful and intelligent an animal as the horse should allow another, and far more feeble animal, to ride upon its back."

- Peter Gray

"The horse you get off is not the same as the horse you got on. It’s your job as a rider to ensure that as often as possible, the change is for the better."

- Author Unknown

"In riding a horse, we borrow freedom."

- Helen Thompson

"We are horse folk, and that means more than we think it does."

- Elizabeth Carlton, The Royal Rogue

"I'd rather ride on a Mustang, than in one."

- Baileyann Neal

"The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable, and grace unlike any other, still remains humble enough to carry a man upon his back."

- Amber Senti

"You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse."

- Charles M. Russell

"God made doctors to help heal the body. But he made horses to help heal the soul."

- Author Unknown

"A horse doesn't care how much you know, until he knows how much you care."

- Pat Parelli

"I call my horse ‘Trigger’ because he lets me pull the best out of life."

- Roy Rogers

"The essential joy of being with horses, is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire."

- Sharon Ralls Lemon

"When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have."

- Winston Churchill

"Horses make a landscape look beautiful."

- Alice Walker

"A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground or break into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose into the open."

- Gerald Raftery

"The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and freedom."

- Sharon Ralls Lemon

"No one can teach riding so well as a horse."

- C.S. Lewis

"There is much we can learn from a friend who happens to be a horse."

- Aleksandra Layland

"Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls. They give us hope."

- Toni Robinson

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

- W.C. Fields

"When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the Earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes."

- William Shakespeare, Henry V

"There is freedom waiting for you, on the breezes of the sky. And you ask "what if I fall?" Oh my darling "what if you fly?""

- Erin Hanson

"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 than a loan."

- Pam Brown

"I call my horses ‘divine mirrors’—they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that."

- Allan Hamilton

"A horse is worth more than riches."

- Spanish Proverb

"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyways."

- John Wayne

"A horse is the projection of people’s dreams about themselves – strong, powerful, beautiful – and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence."

- Pam Brown

"There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain’t a thing."

- Will Rogers

"God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses."

- R.B. Cunningham Graham

"Whoever said a horse was dumb, was dumb."

- Will Rogers

"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears."

- Arabian proverb

"It is the horse’s gift to connect us with Heaven and our own footsteps."

- Ronni Sweet

"Taking care of a horse is not just a duty, it’s a heartfelt responsibility."

- Author Unknown

"Heaven is high and earth wide. If you ride three feet higher above the ground than other men, you will know what that means."

- Rudolf C. Binding

"I’d rather ride on a Mustang, than in one."

- Bailey Ann Neal

"Ask me to show you poetry in motion and I will show you a horse."

- Author Unknown

"To understand the soul of a horse is the closest human beings can come to knowing perfection."

- Author Unknown

"No heaven can heaven be, if my horse isn’t there to welcome me."

- Author Unknown

"I feel lucky that I found my talent, not unlucky that I was born with a disability. When I’m on a horse, I’m more worried about what the riding hat is doing to my hair than what my bent legs and arms are doing. What riding has given me is respect."

- Lee Pearson

"If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their markings and limbs, their true beauty is hidden from you."

- Author Unknown

"Bread may feed my body, but my horse feeds my soul."

- Arabian Poet

"When the Almighty provided the wind with hooves and the lightning with a bridle, he called it a horse."

- Author Unknown

"Being on a horse is one of my most natural places to be."

- Sinbad

"My horses are my friends, not my slaves."

- Reiner Klimke

"Success is like a wild horse. If you don't know how to handle it, it will throw you off and look for another rider who can handle it well."

- Ajith Kumar

"But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute – for horses."

- Jane Smiley

"Horses are God's gift to mankind."

- Arabian Proverb

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

- Will Rogers

"If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong."

- Pat Parelli

"A great horse will change your life. The truly special ones define it..."

- Author Unknown

"When riding a horse, we borrow freedom."

- Helen Thomson

"A pony is a childhood dream. A horse is an adult treasure."

- Rebecca Carroll

"Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider."

- Saint Augustine

"I frequently dream of being on these horses' backs and running across a field. And the horses and I are one."

- William Shatner

"A canter is a cure for every evil."

- Benjamin Disraeli

"I would only travel by horse, if I had the chance."

- Linda McCartney

"A good rider can hear her horse speak to her. A great rider can hear her horse whisper."

- Author Unknown

"One reason why birds and horses are happy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses."

- Dale Carnegie

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

- R.S. Surtees

"A bad ride is so much better than a good walk."

- Peter Grace

"I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a horse."

- John Galsworthy

"Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world."

- Josephine Demott Robinson

"A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence."

- Pam Brown

"It is not enough for a rider to know how to ride; she must know how to fall."

- Mexican Proverb

"To many, the words love, hope, and dreams are synonymous with horses."

- Author Unknown

"A stubborn horse walks behind you, an impatient horse walks in front of you, but a noble companion walks beside you."

- Author Unknown

"He is my silent teacher... guiding me to understanding."

- Author Unknown

"He knows when you're happy. He knows when you're comfortable. He knows when you're confident. And he always knows when you have carrots."

- Author Unknown

"All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to me any day"

- Author Unknown

"A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you"

- Author Unknown

"Let a horse whisper in your ear and breathe on your heart...you will never regret it."

- Author Unknown

"A dog may be man's best friend... But the horse wrote history."

- Author Unknown

"If you want a stable friendship, get a horse."

- Author Unknown

"I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh it was. My very heart leaped with the sound."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Feeling down? Saddle Up!"

- Author Unknown

"When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age, you splatter."

- Roy Rogers

"In my opinion, a horse is the animal to have. Eleven-hundred pounds of raw muscle, power, grace, and sweat between your legs - it's something you just can't get from a pet hamster."

- Author Unknown

"I live in a house, but my home is in the stable."

- Author Unknown

"The world is best viewed through the ears of a horse."

- Author Unknown

"Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground."

- Author Unknown

"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."

- John Wayne

"I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked."

- Lambert Jeffries

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

- Nicholas Evans

"When a horse greets you with a nicker and regards you with a large and liquid eye, the question of where you want to be has been answered."

- Author Unknown

"The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse."

- Author Unknown

"A horse in the wind — a perfect symphony."

- Author Unknown

"Our hoofbeats were many, but our hearts beat as one."

- Author Unknown

"The best teacher is the horse. It will never judge you, and it will never lie."

- Unknown

"He knows when you’re happy. He knows when you’re comfortable. He knows when you’re confident. And he always knows when you have carrots."

- Unknown

"No, I don’t need a knight in shining armour. I am perfectly capable of riding my own horse."

- Unknown

"The hardest thing about riding…is the ground!"

- Unknown

"How to ride a horse: Step One – Mount the horse. Step Two – Stay mounted…"

- Unknown

"A horse’s wisdom is not loud or boastful, but found in every silent lesson."

"In the eyes of a horse, there’s a world of understanding and unspoken knowledge."

"The greatest lessons come not from riding a horse, but from listening to what it teaches."

"The wisdom of a horse is found in its quiet patience and steady presence."

"Taking care of a horse is a journey of patience, love, and lifelong companionship."

"To watch a horse run is to witness the beauty of nature in its most elegant form."

"Respect for a horse comes not from fear of its strength, but awe of its gentleness."

"The soul of a horse is pure and true, worthy of all our admiration."

"Horses are the epitome of majesty, deserving of our highest praise."

"A horse’s soft nuzzle can heal what medicine cannot."

"A horse doesn’t need words to teach; its actions speak of ancient wisdom."

"Horses understand the world in ways that humans often forget."

"To learn from a horse is to learn the value of stillness, strength, and perseverance."

"The wind of freedom blows through a horse’s mane, carrying the whispers of the earth."

"A horse is the projection of people’s dreams about themselves—strong, powerful, beautiful."

"In every hoofbeat, there’s a rhythm that echoes the pulse of the earth."

"The beauty of a horse lies not just in its form but in its heart, which runs deeper than the wildest river."

"Horses dance between heaven and earth, connecting us to both with every graceful stride."

"A horse may not be your whole life, but it makes your life whole."

"Horses teach us that the journey is just as important as the destination."

"Wherever a horse’s spirit roams, it leaves behind a trail of inspiration."

"A horse doesn’t care about your past; it just wants to share your present and your future."

"The horse’s gift is not its speed or power, but the way it awakens the soul."

"The horse is noble, not because of what it can do, but because of the heart behind it."

"Horses have a way of sensing pain and offering silent comfort in return."

"The gentle presence of a horse has the power to calm fears and heal wounds."

"There’s something in the way a horse moves that stirs the soul and quiets the mind."

"Horses heal not just our bodies, but our hearts."

"The sound of hooves on soft ground can soothe even the most troubled soul."

"A horse can mend a broken spirit in ways words never could."

"When you care for a horse, you’re caring for a heart that’s wild yet trusting."

"The hands that groom a horse are the same hands that hold its trust."

"Companionship with a horse is built in the quiet moments of care and connection."

"Caring for a horse is more than a duty; it’s an act of love and trust."

"The care you give to a horse returns to you in the bond of friendship."

"A horse’s well-being depends on the kindness of its companion."

"To respect a horse is to understand the power and grace it embodies."

"Riding a horse is not just about control; it’s about trust between two souls."

"A true rider is someone whose heart beats in time with their horse’s."

"Your horse may not understand your words, but they’ll always understand your heart."

"The horse gives you their strength, and in return, you give them your trust."

"A horse is a warrior in nature and a companion in spirit."

"A horse is poetry in motion."

"A horse’s strength isn’t just in its muscles; it’s in its heart."

"Horses teach us that true strength lies in trust and patience."

"The hardest step for a horse is the first one, but it’s the one that shows its courage."

"A horse doesn’t give up when the road gets tough, and neither should we."

"A horse’s spirit runs free, both here on earth and in heaven."

"There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a soul—here and in heaven."

"To ride a horse is to ride the sky."

"The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears."

"A horse’s spirit is as free as the wind that carries it."

"There is no feeling like being on horseback, galloping toward the horizon, leaving everything behind."

"A horse in motion is poetry in freedom."

"Horses show us the beauty of living life without constraints, wild and free."

"A horse’s power isn’t just in its stride but in its perseverance."

"In riding, the horse never quits—neither should you."

"A horse knows the strength of standing tall, no matter how many times it falls."

"The horse’s resilience teaches us that every stumble is just a step toward greatness."

"Horses endure storms not because they have to but because they can."

"When life throws obstacles, a horse teaches us to keep moving forward."

"Like a horse, keep pushing, even when the path is rough."

"A horse doesn’t trust you because of your strength but because of your patience."

"Trust is built one ride at a time, with every gentle hand on the reins."

"The horse’s greatest gift to us is the lesson of waiting—patience leads to trust."

"Horses teach us that trust comes from quiet moments, not loud commands."

"You don’t break a horse’s spirit; you earn its trust through time and care."

"The slow, patient bond with a horse is the truest form of friendship."

"In the silence between horse and rider, trust is born."

"Horses lend us the wings we lack."

"The best part of riding isn’t the destination, but the journey shared with your horse."

"A horse doesn’t care how much you know until he knows how much you care."

"Between horse and rider is a bond that needs no words."

"The horse is a mirror to your soul. Sometimes you might not like what you see, but sometimes you will."

"Heaven is the place where all good horses go."

"When I count my blessings, I count my horse twice, because heaven is a little closer with them."

"In heaven, the wind always blows through a horse’s mane."

"If there are no horses in heaven, then I’m not going."

"Horses leave hoofprints on our hearts and carry our dreams to heaven."

"Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground!"

"Horses make us better people… or at least more persistent people!"

"Horses are like potato chips… you can’t have just one."

"If you think your horse can’t count, try putting three carrots in your pocket and only giving them two."

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it stop rolling in mud right after a bath."