Alois Podhajsky famous quotes

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

#Horse #Important #Principles

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

#Horse #Demand #Want

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

#Teacher #Horse #Art

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

#Practice #Littles #Proof

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

#Horse #Art #School

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

#Art

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.

A camel is a horse designed by committee.

When something important is going on, silence is a lie.

I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.