Quotes from Buck Brannaman

It's a matter of timing and of patience. Although it may seem nothing is happening on the surface, there may yet be profound changes occurring a little deeper. Waiting isn't bad.

I've often told people who ask if there is a God: Get around enough people with horses and see what happens. See how they survive in spite of all the things they do, and you'll become a believer!

Whether one was going to have a horse, or a dog, or a child, with that comes a great responsibility to raise them.

The horse needs to respect you, but sometimes people confuse respect & fear. And they're not the same at all.

The horse saved my life, so that's kind of why I'll spend the rest of mine trying to help them.

The horse can just be a great vehicle for some people to overcome things in their life that they might not be able to overcome otherwise.

Horses and life, it's all the same to me.

There are things that change all through your life the way you deal with people, the way you approach problems.

My teachers used to tell me you need to learn to adjust to fit the situation. Don't just do what you've always done because it might not always work.

I just spend my life driving down the road, training horses and helping people.

You can't think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so you'd better prepare em for it in other ways.

My expertise lies in what I've devoted my life to. I wouldn't pretend to be a great gift to any other animal. My interest has always been in the horses.

I've always wanted to do the right thing by a horse, that's never changed, its just that as my knowledge grew I've been able to offer the horse a better human being, as time has gone on.

You can't look forward and backward at the same time...........so I choose to look forward.

Every time you interact with a horse, you are teaching the horse.

With the horse I always consider that if I do too much in too little time and I'm not patient, he's gonna shut down and I won't get anything done.

The comforting thing to the horse is, is as you become more and more accurate, he knows you're aware of him, and pretty soon because of that he's aware of you more and more of the time.

Solutions to problems often come from knowing when to ask for help.

As a rider, you must slowly and methodically show your horse what is appropriate. You also have to discourage what's inappropriate, not by making the inappropriate impossible, but by making it difficult so that the horse himself chooses appropriate behavior. You can't choose it for him; you can only make it difficult for him to make the wrong choices. If, however, you make it impossible for him to make the wrong choices, you're making war.

Gentle in what you do, Firm in how you do it

In life, we don't know why things happen. I believe God is not responsible for the bad things that happen to you. Sometimes I think He's responsible for the good things, but sometimes it's something you shape up for yourself.

They say nerves heal real slowly. Lots of things about us heal real slowly.

The road may bend out of sight at times, but I know what lies ahead: the faraway horses.

I've often told people who ask if there is a God: Get around enough people with horses and see what happens. See how they survive in spite of all the things they do, and you'll become a believer!