It is not good enough to get your horse to do what you want. It is far better to cause your horse to want to do it.

The wonder of Independence is that it encourages open minds and the desire to improve.

Horses are our silent partners. When we learn their language. This partnership grows strong.

Everybody ought to be given a chance to do whatever they want, but be responsible for their own actions.

I had been riding horses before my memory kicked in, so my life with horses had no beginning. It simply appeared from the fog of infancy. I survived a difficult childhood by traveling on the backs of horses, and in adulthood the pattern didn't change.

For centuries, humans have said to horses, 'You do what I tell you or I'll hurt you.' Humans still say that to each other -- still threaten, force and intimidate. I'm convinced that my discoveries with horses have value in the workplace, in the educational and penal systems, and in the raising of children. At heart, I'm saying that no one else has the right to say 'you must' to an animal -- or to another human.

Trust is established by working around horses in an utterly predictable manner.