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93 Horse Quotes & 12 Wisdoms about Horses

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Are you looking for sayings that express the unique bond with your soul horse in words? Then you’ve come to the right place. We present you with the most beautiful horse sayings – from funny to sad. In addition, we offer you great wisdom about horses.

With the necessary amount of mutual trust, a friendship with a horse can be extraordinary. If you have found your heart’s horse, riding is undoubtedly the epitome of freedom, adventure and light-heartedness.

The Most Beautiful Horse Quotes

The Most Beautiful Horse Quotes

Riding is an art in itself. So it is essential to train the horse properly and be fully involved as a rider.

And that also makes riding an outstanding balance to the stressful everyday life. It allows you to leave all your worries behind and work on the relationship with your four-legged friend.

This chapter presents you with the most beautiful sayings about horses, which will surely inspire you.

Here you’ll find more beautiful quotes.

Horse Quotes about Trust

Horse Quotes about Trust

As a horsewoman or horseman, you will know that you must form a proper bond with your horse with trust. Mutual trust is the basic building block for a close relationship with your animal. Horses are, after all, security-loving creatures. But if your horse trusts you, that’s the best way to build a close relationship.

  1. In the best case, rider and horse are connected not by equipment, but by trust. Each is totally dependent on the other. Each is the selfless guardian of the other’s welfare.
    (Unknown)
  2. Once you have gained the trust of a horse, you have gained a friend for life.
    (Unknown)
  3. You don’t trust a horse until you can forget the saddle.
    (Unknown)
  4. Riding is more than a sport. Riding is feeling and trust. Riding is an attitude towards life. Full of fascination, passion and longing.
    (Unknown)
  5. Nothing is as valuable as having the trust of a horse.
    (Unknown)

Are you looking for more quotes about trust? Here you’ll find them.

Quotes about Horses, Riding and Freedom

Quotes about Horses, Riding and Freedom

If you’ve ever ridden a horse, you must have experienced the feeling of boundless freedom. The following sayings express this incomparable feeling well.

  1. You find freedom when you ride a horse.
    (Unknown)
  2. When you ride a horse, you borrow its freedom. You must not forget to give it back to him. (Unknown)
  3. Movement is the primal element of the horse. Movement in the vast freedom.
    (Unknown)
  4. If you lock up a horse, it leaves you, but if you let it go, it stays with you.
    (Unknown)
  5. When I sit on my horse, I am free, free from all constraints, free from all thoughts, free from all duties. There is only the horse and me and the movement, which is like a dance characterized by grace, lightness and passion.
    (Unknown)

Funny Horse Sayings

Funny Horse Sayings

The following sayings are just as funny as horses can sometimes be. You can also make other horse lovers laugh with them, for example, if you share the sayings via WhatsApp or other social media.

  1. Anyone can play soccer, only the elite can ride.
    (Unknown)
  2. If you want a stable relationship, get a horse.
    (Unknown)
  3. Forget the prince, I’ll take the horse.
    (Unknown)
  4. Horses – much better than people.
    (Unknown)
  5. Horses are only afraid of two things: 1) Things that move. 2) Things that don’t move.
    (Unknown)
  6. If you’re not a down-to-earth person, your horse will make you one.
    (Unknown)
  7. There’s more to life than horses…there are ponies too.
    (Unknown)
  8. You must be rich because you have a horse. No, I am poor because I have a horse.
    (Unknown)
  9. Whoever said diamonds are a girl’s best friend never had a horse.
    (Unbekannt)
  10. Never squat when you have your spurs on.
    (Unknown)
  11. Hold on to what makes you happy. If it tries to throw you off, just hold on tighter.
    (Unknown)
  12. I am not afraid of you, I ride a mare.
    (Unknown)
  13. Horse girls: easy to love and hard to pay for.
    (Unknown)
  14. You can’t buy happiness with money, but you can buy horses with it, which is the same thing. (Unknown)
  15. My horse and I have many things in common. We are both poor.
    (Unknown)
  16. It may look like I’m listening to you, but the truth is I’m thinking about my horse.
    (Unknown)
  17. My therapist has fur, hooves and a heart of gold.
    (Unknown)
  18. That’s not horse hair. That’s Haflinger glitter.
    (Unknown)

Here you’ll find more funny quotes.

Top 3 Quotes about the Heart Horse

Top 3 Quotes about the Heart Horse

You have found your soul horse with whom you have a special bond? Then let the following sayings inspire you. They describe the relationship with an exceptional animal.

  1. A great horse will change your life. A truly special one defines it.
    (Unknown)
  2. You are my soul horse, yes, for me you are worth more than gold.
    (Unknown)
  3. To me, you are more than just an animal. You are my best friend who stands by me; in good times and bad. And I hope you will be with me for a very long time.
    (Unknown)

Sayings about Horses to Think about

Sayings about Horses to Think about

Here we have collected some nice sayings about horses that will make you think. Share them with your friends who are as passionate about horses as you are.

  1. The dog may be man’s best friend… but the horse has made history.
    (Unknown)
  2. The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse.
    (Unknown)
  3. The horse you get off of is not the same as the one you get on. It’s your job as a rider to make sure the change is for the better as often as possible.
    (Unknown)
  4. When you ride down the street on a prancing horse, you feel like you’re something special, even if you’re nothing at all.
    (Will Rogers, US comedian, 1879-1935)
  5. Wherever man has left his footprints on the long road from barbarism to civilization, we find the hoofprint of a horse beside it.
    (John Trotwood Moore, US writer, 1858-1929)
  6. God forbid that I should go to a heaven where there are no horses.
    (R.B. Cunninghame Graham, Scottish-Spanish aristocrat, 1852-1936)
  7. I still have the impression that there is nothing more beautiful in life than a horse.
    (John Galsworthy, English writer, 1867-1933)

Captions and Status Sayings about Horses

Captions and Status Sayings about Horses

As a real horse lover, you also want to dedicate your status to your animal? Then read through the following sayings. They are especially suitable for expressing your love for horses on social networks like WhatsApp or Instagram.

  1. I exist only with horse.
    (Unknown)
  2. Beware of the rider. The horse is harmless.
    (Unknown)
  3. Home is where my horse is.
    (Unknown)
  4. Riding is my solution – for every problem.
    (Unknown)
  5. I work hard so my horse can enjoy his life of luxury.
    (Unknown)
  6. I’ve had enough. I’m going horseback riding.
    (Unknown)
  7. Horse lover.
    (Unknown)
  8. I live in a house, but my home is the stable.
    (Unknown)
  9. The air of heaven is that which blows between the ears of a horse. (Arabic proverb)
  10. Born to ride – forced to go to school.
    (Unknown)
  11. The earth would be nothing without man, but man would be nothing without the horse.
    (Unknown)

Quotes about Friendship with Horses

Quotes about Friendship with Horses

For probably every horse owner, without exception, the horse is more than just an animal – but rather a family member with whom there is a strong friendship (friendship sayings for humans can be found here). The sayings in the list below pick up on this bond.

  1. I can’t imagine life without you, because there are only two of us.
    (Unknown)
  2. He knows when you are happy. He knows when you feel good. He knows when you’re confident. And he always knows when you have treats.
    (Unknown)
  3. If you stay away from a horse long enough, you start tapping your fingers at a trot.
    (Unknown)
  4. There are so many horses in the world, and I have the most beautiful horse of all.
    (Unknown)
  5. There is a very special harmony between the two of us, your neighing sounds like poetry in my ears. (Unknown)
  6. …because there is no other feeling in the world that compares to loving a great horse. There’s a thrill that nothing else can ever match. You can’t put it into words because words can’t express it. (Samuel Riddle, US racehorse owner, 1861-1951)
  7. There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.
    (R.S. Surtees, English editor, 1805-1864)

Short Quotes about Horses

Short Quotes about Horses

Sometimes not many words are needed to express the essence of horses. Below we have compiled short sayings about horses.

  1. Riding never gets easier. You only get better.
    (Unknown)
  2. Riding a horse is flying without wings.
    (Unknown)
  3. I can make a general in five minutes, but a good horse is hard to replace.
    (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President, 1809-1865)
  4. Until you have loved a horse, a part of your soul sleeps.
    (Unknown)
  5. A passionate man rides a horse that elopes with him.
    (Thomas Fuller, English historian, 1608-1661)
  6. For many, the words love, hope and dreams are synonymous with horses.
    (Unknown)
  7. Ride gently, listen attentively, and love unreservedly.
    (Unknown)
    A horse in the wind – the perfect symphony.
    (Unknown)
  8. The horse finds a hold on the rider in the reins – not the other way around.
    (German proverb)
  9. If you want a horse without faults, you have to walk.
    (From France)
  10. The more people I meet, the more I like my horse.
    (Unknown)
  11. You learn the most about yourself from horses.
    (Unknown)
  12. A horse is worth more than wealth.
    (Spanish proverb)
  13. When an old horse gets going, it can’t be caught up.
    (From North Rhine-Westphalia)
  14. A noble horse is not valued for its strength, but for its character.
    (Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551 B.C.-479 B.C.)
  15. There’s nothing like seeing the world between a horse’s ears.
    (Unknown)

Horse Quotes that Make You Cry

Horse Quotes that Make You Cry

Since horses can reach a proud age of up to 30 years, losing your animal friend is even worse – because a solid and irreplaceable bond is built in this time frame. If you had to say goodbye to your four-legged friend recently, the following words will help you gain confidence and hope.

  1. Even death cannot take my soul horse from me, for you will remain forever in my heart.
    (Unknown)
  2. Even though time passes, the hoofprints left in your heart will never disappear.
    (Unknown)
  3. He who lives in the memory of his loved ones is not dead, he is only distant; dead is only he who is forgotten.
    (Immanuel Kant, deutscher Philosoph, 1724-1804)
  4. When the sun of life sets, the stars of memory shine.
    (Obituary)
  5. At the end of the rainbow we’ll meet again.
    (Unknown)
  6. One lives twice: the first time in reality, the second time in memory.
    (Honoré de Balzac, French writer, 1799-1850)
  7. You are no longer where you were. But you are everywhere where we are.
    (Victor Hugo, French writer, 1802-1885)
  8. There can be no heaven if my horse is not there to receive me.
    (Unknown)

More Beautiful Quotes about Horses

More Beautiful Quotes about Horses

You can find even more beautiful sayings about your favorite animal below. They remind you what makes the deep bond between you and why horses are so unique.

  1. When I ride on him I soar, I am a hawk: he trots through the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the lowest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.
    (William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1564-1616)
  2. Ask me to show you poetry in motion and I will show you a horse.
    (Unknown)
  3. A horse is like a violin. First it must be tuned, and when it is tuned, it must be played properly. (Unknown)
  4. There is a touch of divinity even in animals and a special halo around a horse that should free it forever from humiliation.
    (Herman Melville, American writer, 1819-1891)
  5. Of all animals, the horse is the Indian’s best friend, for without it he could not travel far. The horse is the most valuable possession of an Indian. When an Indian has something important in mind, he promises his horse to paint it with earth colors if it will help him, so that all can see how his horse has helped him.
    (Brave Buffalo, chief of a Sioux tribe, ca. 1750)
  6. I believe in the horse. The automobile is a temporary phenomenon.
    (Unknown)
  7. A man in passion rides a crazy horse.
    (Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father of the United States, 1706-1790)
  8. Honor is in the mane of a horse.
    (Herman Melville, American writer, 1819-1891)
  9. There’s nothing like seeing the world between a horse’s ears.
    (Unknown)

Wisdoms about Horses

Wisdoms about Horses

Exactly how long a man has been riding a horse is disputed. Researchers, however, assume that we started doing so in 3,500 BC. It is, therefore, all the less surprising how much wisdom there is about horses. We present a few of them to you below.

  1. Those who believe they have mastered the art of riding have not yet begun to understand the horse. (Unknown)
  2. I have seen things so beautiful that they brought tears to my eyes. But none of it can compare to the grace and beauty of a horse running free.
    (Unknown)
  3. A stubborn horse walks behind you, a patient horse walks in front of you, but a noble companion walks beside you.
    (Unknown)
  4. Good care, not a nice stable makes a good horse.
    (Danish proverb)
  5. What the foal learns in youth, it continues in old age.
    (French proverb)
  6. The horse is there for the rider and not the rider for the horse.
    (Talmud)
  7. Horse, you are truly a creature, for you fly without wings and conquer without sword.
    (Unknown)
  8. Two feet move the body, four feet move the soul.
    (Unknown)
  9. In the horse’s calm gaze there is a quiet eloquence that speaks of love and loyalty, strength and courage. It is the window that reveals to us how willing his spirit is, how generous his heart is. (Unknown)
  10. Horseback riding is not a gentle hobby that you pick up and quit like a game of solitaire. It is a great passion.
    (Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. philosopher, 1803-1882)
  11. Horse sense is what keeps a horse from betting on people.
    (William Claude Fields, US actor, 1880-1946)
  12. When the Almighty provided the wind with hooves and the lightning with a bridle, he called it a horse.
    (Unknown)
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