I believe horses naturally have tremendous faith in the human being. It is their natural instinct of selfpreservation that the person needs to understand in order to gain the confidence of the horse.
Tom Dorrance
We are fallible. We certainly haven’t attained perfection. But we can strive for it, and the virtue is in the striving.
Carlos P. Romulo
It’s really amazing what a horse will do for you if he understands what you want. And it’s also quite amazing what he’ll do to you if he doesn’t.
Bill Dorrance
Where you end up your ride on a horse is so important. It’s a little bit like when you were young and you were datingthat last two minutes of the date can be a real deal breaker. With these horses it’s the same thing… You got to quit on a good note.
Buck Brannaman
Make the wrong thing difficult, and the right thing easy.
Ray Hunt
Don’t have the tendency to want to hurry and not let the horse find it. You fix and wait for them to find it; then it’s their idea when they move their feet.
Tom Dorrance
In working with people and trying to help them with something, I find it isn’t easy for me to get them to work in the area where it seems they need to work. They keep trying to work at the end result.
Tom Dorrance
Breathe deeply and calmly in the canter. Expand your rib cage.
Nuno Oliveira
You feel and listen to the horse. The experience of the results of his response helps you understand for the next time.
Tom Dorrance
Brutality begins where knowledge ends. Ignorance and compulsion appear simultaneously.
Charles de Kunffy
