Podhajsky Alois Quotes & Sayings

Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave. — Billy Joel

I don't know what the exact physical dynamics are that cause a shower curtain to attach itself to your body when you turn on the water but, since my shower was surrounded on all sides by curtains, I turned on the water and became a vinyl, vacuum-sealed sheriff burrito. — Craig Johnson

Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow a political path would have been unthinkable once. It shows just what is possible. — James Nesbitt

She claimed she loved the camera, its warmth, its familiarity. She responded to its naked glare, its slavish attention to every expression of her face and body, with the kind of immediacy a trusted lover could expect. — Anne Edwards

Nature can exist without Art, but Art can never exist without Nature. — Alois Podhajsky

I do shodo magic," Dali said. "I curse through calligraphy. I have to write the curse out on a piece of paper and I can't move while I do it. One smudge, and I might kill the lot of us."
Oh good.
"But don't worry." Dali waved her arms. "It's so precise, it usually doesn't work at all."
Better and better. — Ilona Andrews

Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top. — Andy Roddick

Theory without practice is of little value, whereas practice is the proof of theory.Theory is the knowledge, practice the ability. — Alois Podhajsky

Whenever difficulties appear, the rider must ask himself: does the horse not want execute my demands, does he not understand what I want, or is he physically unable to carry them out? The rider's conscience must find the answer. — Alois Podhajsky

I love to hear about ordinary people's lives and interests and what motivates them. — Jane Clayson

No ruby slippers here, just a lot of supernatural jackassess. — Heather Fleener

Genius has no taste for weaving sand. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Feelings of regret represent our aversion to reality. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Just as experience dictates to the ballet teacher the length of time necessary to train his students, so the horse, too, needs time to mature into a great four legged dancer. This fact cannot be obliterated by seeming successes that supposedly prove the opposite. For, even if someone should succeed in training a horse to high school level by the age of eight, this individual occurrence cannot shake the foundations of the classical art of riding, if this dressage horse is completely unsound and unusable by the age of ten. — Alois Podhajsky

The objective of the Classical Art of Riding is to train the horse not only to be brilliant in the movements and the exercises of the High School but also to be quiet, supple and obedient and by his smooth movements to make riding a true pleasure — Alois Podhajsky

There is one principle that should never be abandoned, namely, that the rider must learn to control himself before he can control his horse. This is the basic, most important principle to be preserved in equitation. — Alois Podhajsky

I'm always working. I don't really set limits. I tend to go in bursts. And in between, I'm doing my taxes, answering the phone, and all those kinds of things. I waste a lot of time. Computers take a lot of time. I love computers. — Richard Dooling

...the horse is by no means a 'wild beast' or a stupid animal as sometimes described by thoughtless persons. — Alois Podhajsky