Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

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

Ah, steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes? Is there a sensitive ear, alert as a flame, in your every fiber? Hearing the familiar song from above, all in one accord you strain your bronze chests and, hooves barely touching the ground, turn into straight lines cleaving the air, and all inspired by God it rushes on!

Their horses were of great stature, strong and clean-limbed; their gray coats glistened, their long tails flowed in the wind, their manes were braided on their proud necks.

I'm kind of a horse whisperer; I don't know what it is. I'm not great on a horse. I'm getting better, but I'm not brilliant. So yeah, I've spent a lot of time with horses. They're great creatures; I love them. I do love riding them when I get the chance to.

I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse to just work a little bit with every day.

I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding horses.

Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.

I've always enjoyed being on a horse.

To sit on a ranch horse that's been broken in, it's like getting in a Porsche.

I'm very comfortable with horses. I love horses and I have grown up around farm-hands. There's something very universal about anyone who's on horseback night and day. When you get off that horse, you are still walking as if there's still a horse between your legs.

They had almost reached their horses when Neal's unmistakable drawl sounded through the stable: "Joren is so pretty. Say, Garvey, are you two friends because you can have him?

The really expert riders of horses let the horse know immediately who is in control, but then they guide the horse with loose reins and very seldom use the spurs. So it was with our chief [William Rehnquist]. He guided us with loose reins and used the spurs only rarely to get us up to speed with our work.

What's that old cowboy saying? Never was a horse that couldn't be rode, never was a man who couldn't be throwed.

The first time we did cavalry charge I was so breathless with excitement I nearly fell off the horse. I actually saw stars in front of my eyes and thought I was going to faint. The second time I had a bit more control but was still giddy with excitement. And the third time I was an emotional wreck. I had to really try hard not to cry.

Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?

Is he on his horse? O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!

Wait until you see him up on a horse

This time of year, I live and breathe the beach. My cheeks feel raw with the wind throwing sand against them. My thighs sting from the friction of the saddle. My arms ache from holding up two thousand pounds of horse. I have forgotten what it is like to be warm and what a full night’s sleep feels like and what my name sounds like spoken instead of shouted across yards of sand. I am so, so alive.

There's nothing like the first horseback ride to make a person feel better off.

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

Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!

On wings of wind came flying all abroad.