"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