Nuno Oliveira Quotes

#1. Don't lose sight of the fact that hip and legs drive the horse forward and the hands merely channel this power by gentle rein aids.

Nuno Oliveira

#2. My aim was never to seek a force and take power.

Hosni Mubarak

#3. Training a horse is above all feeling and trying, according to what you feel, to help the horse and not to force him.

Nuno Oliveira

#4. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail.

Demi Moore

#5. God is never too late, nor too early, but just on time.

R.T. Kendall

#6. Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!

David Chalmers

#7. Equestrian art is the perfect understanding and harmony between horse and rider.

Nuno Oliveira

#8. A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities.

Nuno Oliveira

#9. Shoulder-in is the aspirin of horseback riding - it cures everything.

Nuno Oliveira

#10. Grandma Mary would say, "That's why so many young women are marrying so many older men, because there aren't any more being raised. She would rather be an older man's sweetheart than a young man's fool and slave.

Lyanta' J. Tomlin

#11. But I guess what I mean is, being afraid can't be a reason for us not to do something now ... '
'Our voice will only get louder the more of us we bring together.

Alexandra Bracken

#12. Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

Dale Carnegie

#13. One does not study for a goal. One sings because one can't help it! The 'goal' nine times out of ten is a mere accident.

Alma Gluck

#14. Make it a habit to praise the horse when the horse yields.

Nuno Oliveira

#15. Every time the rider forgets to regulate the cadence, the horse begins to take control.

Nuno Oliveira

#16. When the rider demands the piaffe, he has to halt the horse a few strides before the latter wants to stop of his own accord.

Nuno Oliveira

#17. Right at the end of the war I wrote a piano sonata, which was written at a time when Sam Barber used to come down here and we used to have lunch together in a very nice old hotel that's now not there.

Elliott Carter

#18. It is a mistake to keep the horse on the bit for too long. He must be relaxed at the walk on the long rein regularly and afterwards he must be carefully put back together again.

Nuno Oliveira

#19. We agree with the statement contained in the encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, written by Pope Leo XIII, that "anything which dominates the life of the community should be owned by the community." That is the basis upon which we believe there should be government ownership of monopolistic enterprises.

Tommy Douglas

#20. Every rein aid must be preceded by an action of the torso. Otherwise you only address the horse's head.

Nuno Oliveira

#21. Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'
The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.
Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.'
Didn't you mean them?'
At the moment.

W. Somerset Maugham

#22. The secret in riding is to do few things right. The more one does, the less one succeeds. The less one does, the more one succeeds.

Nuno Oliveira

#23. The secret in riding is to do only a few things but to do them right

Nuno Oliveira

#24. Ask often, be content of little, reward always.

Nuno Oliveira

#25. It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

Margaret Fuller

#26. The horse must understand and accept any demands made by rider without any resistance. Reward the horse each time he does what is asked of him. Never ask for more than he is capable of giving. Make him a COMPANION, and not a slave, then you will see what a true friend he is.

Nuno Oliveira

#27. The hands have to be like concrete when the horse resists and like butter when he yields.

Nuno Oliveira

#28. In the calmness of the walk, horse and rider can find the time to think and to prepare the quality of the following trot and canter.

Nuno Oliveira

#29. I don't want riders who work physically hard. Work by thinking.

Nuno Oliveira