Horse Tales,Stories,and Poems

Horse Tales,Stories, and Poems: Useful Sayings(Human and Horse)

A horse by any other name would still be a horse. Same goes for a jackass.

There's nothin' like a good walk, especially if it's taken by somebody you'd like to get rid of.

Never cut what you can untie.

Start off as you mean to go.

Many are called but few get up.

Pint-size ponies like to snort and stomp just as much as big ones.

You can't shoe a running horse.

The water won't clear up until you get the hogs outta the creek.

A lot of mud holes are deeper than they look.

Better from the horses mouth then a horse's behind

Crap not only happens, it makes things grow.

Have confidence in your seat and you will not lose it.

A wild horse has more secrets than a gentle one.

You can't judge a horse by its color. A bad horse is often a good color.

Passing judgement is not a good course to pass.

People shouldn't go around actin' like any part of a horse.

Fustration is having a stump tail in fly season.

Waitin' is easy if your foot's not the one needin' a shoe.

It takes more than a pat on the back to cure saddle sores.

If you stick your nose into trouble, your feet are bound to follow.

Pullin' somethin' up from its roots won't help it grow.

The farther you run away,the farther is back.

The big difference between animals and humans is that animals have a healthier sex life.

If you ever wondered what horse feed tastes like,eat a hand of unsalted baked tortilla chips.

You can't put a mirror on the table and eat on your good looks.

Mistakes are lessons to be learned.

If you want to swim,you've got to go where the water is deep.

Complaining will get you nowhere, but resolving the problem will.

If its too much to love your enemy, then compromise and just forget the knothead.

Each day is a link in a mighty long chain.

You have to love a women to love her-even then, there's a lot of guesswork involved.

For thousands of years coyotes have howled at the moon......

still no answer.

A fast horse cannot go far.

The most successful liar is the one who doesn't do it too often.

Life is now? and then.

Tomorrow is never.

The more promises you make today, The more excuses you make tomorrow.

Let the wind do your sighing and the clouds cry your tears.

If tombstones told the truth,

hell would have gone out of business long ago.

Short stirrups make for a bad ride.

It's not the sharpest spurs that do the damage.

A pony that shies and rears is unsafe in traffic.

An unsaddled pony will often show no vice at all,but when ridden and fed he may display all manner of sin.

If it's your behind that's itchin,it won't do any good to scratch your head.

If you want a horse to know you,breathe up its nose the first time you meet.

When the horse is spent,a stronger whip won't refresh him.

A young pony is quick to pick up an old horse's bad habits.

A half mind to do something usually gets it about half done.

The bigger the spur,the bigger the prick.

Horses can't speak English, but they do speak fluent Horse.

"Forked down" is landing on your head would your rusty dusty up in the air."Forked end up" is landing on your sit-down with your legs up in the air. Just plain "forked" means it's over- There's nothing up in the air.

When the bull is loose......no sudden moves.

A horse is still a horse without a rider, but a rider without a horse is afoot.

What you can't jump,you gotta go around.

Too much ain't healthy.

Shallow streams and shallow minds freeze first.

It's easier to catch a horse than ride one.

you have to control yourself before you can control your horse.

The only way to clean a stable is to get dirty.

A blind horse can seejust as well from either end.

Never spur a horse when he's swimmin'.

Lightning does the work; thunder takes the credit.

Not makin' a choice is makin' a choice.

Everybody's a rider on a gentle horse.

An old horse for a long hare road,a pony for a quick ride.

It does no good to sell your saddle to buy a horse.

When the horse dies,it does no good to:

-Change riders.

-Move the body to a new location.

- Get a sharper pair of spurs.

- Say "It'll be alright. We've always ridden horses like this one."

- Complain about the state of horses these days.

- Tighten the cinch.

- Blame the horse's parents.

-Have a committee work out a plan to get the horse back on its feet.

(PS. I got all of these out of a horse book called Horse Sense:Pure & Simple. I did not make any of these up on my own. These are all of my favorite quotes out of the book. Just lettin you guys know!:-D)