"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