"understanding concepts allows riders to be independent from their teachers....and find deeper meaning for themselves"
Ellen Eckstein

"Be remarkable
Be generous
Create Art
Make judgement calls
Connect people and ideas
......and we have no choice but to reward you."
Seth Godin

"what qualifies me to write this book? A lifetime of hard work, that's all. ....I've concluded that I am not more talented than the next person.. the only thing I can hang my success on is hard work"
Betty Staley on her book "Bringing it Together"

"we tend to justify what we believe rather than test the validity of what we believe." unknown

"Horses are only afraid of two things, things that move and things that don't." Tom Dorrance

"Listening has two stages: hearing, collecting the data & understanding. Then interpreting it or active listening."

ideas that sound simple are often the hardest things to apply because they involve handling ourselves...the test is in the application -- from Ray Hunt's book Harmony with Horses