Quotes from Monty Roberts

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

No being has the right to say to another, "Do this, or I will hurt you".

The greatest strength a man can achieve is gentleness.

I cannot imagine my life without horses. They have been my teachers, my friends, my business partners and my entertainment.

If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it will take all day. Act like you've got all day, it will take fifteen minutes.

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

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.

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

Always work to cause your horse to follow the path of least resistance. Then place an opening for him to pass through so that the path of least resistance becomes the direction you want him to go in.

If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it will take all day. Act like you've got all day, it will take fifteen minutes.

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.

No being has the right to say to another, "Do this, or I will hurt you".

called Xenophone

The elimination of laborious asks should not, however, lead us to conclude that man's journey with the horse is over. It is just beginning. We are now free to exist with horses without the pressures experienced in former times.