Buck Brannaman Quotes from Him and His Horse Whisperer Book

Here are some of the most famous Buck Brannaman quotes, who is known widely as the world’s greatest horse whisperer.

“Discipline isn’t a dirty word. Far from it. Discipline is the one thing that separates us from chaos and anarchy. Discipline implies timing. It’s the precursor to good behavior, and it never comes from bad behavior. People who associate discipline with punishment are wrong: with discipline, punishment is unnecessary.”
-Buck Brannaman

“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.”
-Buck Brannaman

“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.”
-Buck Brannaman

“Solutions to problems often come from knowing when to ask for help.”
-Buck Brannaman

“Gentle in what you do, Firm in how you do it”
-Buck Brannaman

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

“They say nerves heal real slowly. Lots of things about us heal real slowly.”
-Buck Brannaman

“Timing is everything.”
-Buck Brannaman

“Horses are my life and because of some of the things I’ve been through as a kid, I’ve found some safety and some companionship in the horses. I was just looking for a kind of a peaceful place to be where I wasn’t threatened; where my life wasn’t threatened. So I have an empathy for horses when something is scared for their life, I understand that.”
-Buck Brannaman

“‎Horses aren’t lazy and they’re not greedy and they’re not jealous and they’re not spiteful, they’re not hateful. They’re not that way. But the human can sometimes only describe a horse in the way that they view other human beings.”
-Buck Brannaman

“Horses and life, it’s all the same to me.”
-Buck Brannaman

“Most people think of a feel as when you touch something or someone and what it feels like to your fingers but, a feel can have a thousand different definitions. Sometimes feel is a mental thing. Sometimes feel can happen clear ‘cross the arena. Sort of an invitation from the horse to come to you.”
-Buck Brannaman

Here’s a video great video interview of Buck Brannaman covering his incredible life.