"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

“the difference between wishing and hoping is effective communication”

"Only when the rider becomes quiet will the horse be able to hear the whispers of the finer aids."
Egon von Neindorff

"don't be so proud that you don't go back and change something"
Buck Brannaman

"My belief in life is that we can all get along together if we try and understand one another. If you find a friend before someone else you're real lucky."

Ray Hunt

"Should you choose to keep him and work through your difficulties, you are embarking upon an incredible journey. It will not be short, cheap, or painless. It takes a lot of "try." You have to make a commitment. You'll have to pay for your education, one way or another. And there WILL be bumps along the road. But there will also be rewards. Most of them will be of intrinsic value that only you and your horse will know."
Buster McLaury

"I want the horse to do my thing his way." Joe Wolter

You ask a stallion, tell a gelding but you have a discussion with a mare. cowboy wisdom

"A good horseman has to acknowledge the tough horses are often the best teachers."
Chris Cox

"as in all interpretive art forms, it is how the art is taught and transmitted by able communicators that is important." Bettina Drummond

"When I learned to be able
to ask the right questions
and to pick and choose
what I wanted to study
with him, it was fantastic."
Bettina Drummond

"Everything is information - everything!"
Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling

Riding was a full contact art like the martial arts. Full contact with the emotions, spirit and thoughts with the animal.
Bettina Drummond on Nuno Oliveira

"the inconsistencies in what you think you are doing and what you are doing, is what makes it seem like forever." Buck Brannaman