"Actions speak louder than words. We say it but too rarely live by it. The horse uses a predictable, discernible and effective language, one that requires no interpretation." Monty Roberts

"Progress is a balance of time and intensity."
Gawani Pony Boy

"Certain small ways and observances sometimes have connection with large and more profound ideas."
Standing Bear

"Preparation is setting things up so there is only one thing likely to happen."
Buck Brannaman

"The sweetest of all sounds is praise." Xenophon

"I am always noticing the common threads between different systems, and in this way I imagine I am getting closer to the truth." Karen Rohlf

"A good idea starts out like a young horse--lots of promise but it's all in the follow-through."
Brannaman & Reynolds

"He creates an environment--unique to each horse he rides--that enables the two of them to work together. It still astounds me every time I see him ride a new colt. Each one is different, each is unique and that's how he treats them. If this sounds like a good way to be with people, you're catching on."
Bill Reynolds in the forward to Buck Brannaman's book The Faraway Horses

"He might need to wear a few wet saddle blankets for it to feel right." Cowboy Logic

"Learning as an adult from an adult that you admire and respect is something many people find difficult...I had awful battles with myself over this issue of learning new things, but the worst part of it was the unlearning of unconscious habits (an) the physical, mental and emotional patterns I had learned." Leslie Desmond

"If you haven't got his attention don't try to direct it. "
Ray Hunt

"The right feel and the right timing bring you the balance." Ray Hunt

"Horses teach us how to ask without aggression, how to love without condition, and how to avoid the distructive side of perfection. They teach us to sublimate oneself through sharing, giving and healing. "
Dominique Barbier

Aug 16 Inspiration

"If I could grant my children one social skill, it would be assertiveness." Daniel Dana

"Leadership is based on mutual respect and trust. A true leader is clear and passionate, yet unemotional and trustworthy."
Karen Rohlf

August 6 Inspiration

"False alarms are less costly to a prey animal than is slow detection." Dylen Evans

July 29th Inspiration

"We may miss really seeing what our horse is offering if we are wearing glasses that are imprinted with the past." Karen Rohlf

July 22nd Inspirations

"You're not working on the horse, you're working on yourself." Ray Hunt

July 15th Inspiration

"A multitude of actions and reactions, separate and inseparable." Alois Polhajsky

"The horse may not be doing the right thing for what the rider is asking, but as far as the horse is concerned, he is doing the right thing." Tom Dorrance

June 10th Inspiration

"Admire the horse for the good things and kinda ignore the wrong things. First thing you know, the good ones get better and the bad things disappear." Ray Hunt

June 2nd Inspiration

"Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count." 

Albert Einstein

May 27th Inspiration

"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."

Unkown

May 20th Inspiration

" I have always stressed that just about every training problem they will see in a horse is man-made." Mark Rashid

May 12th Inspiration

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

May 5

"It's your job to give them a reason to change." Craig Cameron

April 28th Inspiration

"The one thing I would like the human to understand is the responsibility he has to the horses. We don't want to make mistakes, but we should learn from them. If something is not working, you need to change what you're doing or the way you are presenting it to the horse. Don't keep doing things that don't work. Trade it off for something that works." Ray Hunt

April 21 Inspiration

One of these days you're going to get a horse that is going to flat make you think. Nothing that you know is going to work on him, so you'll have to make it up as you go along. The answers will come if you ask the right questions.
Walter Pruit

April 14th Inspiration

You feel and listen to the horse. The experience of the results of his response helps you understand for the next time. Tom Dorrance

April 7 Inspiration

I have found for some mysterious reason, people are consistently motivated to change their behaviour and performance for the horse's sake, much faster than they will change for themselves.
Ariana Strozzi

March 31 Inspiration

In working with people...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

March 24th Inspiration

There's a lot of truth in the old cowboy saying that the fastest way to move cows is slowly.

March 18th Inspiration

If you act like you've only got fifteen minute, it'll take all day. Act like you have all day and it'll take fifteen minutes. Monty Roberts

March 10th Inspiration

The first thing you need to know is the last thing you'll learn. Bill Dorrance

March 3 Inspiration

Only when you see through the eyes of the horse, can you lead the dance of the mind. Pete Spates