"When great motivation meets great desire, anything is possible." - Vincent Denis 2003

Only by having the occasional 'hard time' can we measure the 'good times'. Vincent Denis 2006

QUOTES by ARISTOTLE - these words also apply to horses & our relationships with them:

Nature does nothing uselessly.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act. It is a habit.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. Friendship is essentially a partnership.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Well begun is half done.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.