"Every ranch I have ever been on since I was a kid the young cowboys complain about the 'long days and short pay'. I am sure the horses feel the same way. Then there are the cowboys that have figured it out that it is not about the money it is about the moments; the beauty and peace of riding out to meet a new morning, seeing a new born calf or foal, the freedom of the open spaces, glorious sunsets, the satisfaction of a job well done and all life's little pleasures make it worthwhile." ~Tim Cox
“I enjoy trying to capture the relationship between a horse and its rider. A horse isn’t just a tool, he’s a partner.” ~Tim Cox
"If you watch an old pony get a drink, after the first swallow, they wash their mouth out, then they settle in to quench their thirst." ~Tim Cox
"Let's start the day with a smile." ~Tim Cox
ATTRIBUTED QUOTES
"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." ~John Barrymore
"A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world." ~Hans Hofmann
"All things come round to him who will but wait." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Tim Cox Fine Arts)
"And at the end of the day, when my mind and body are tired,
Help me remember why I chose this profession,
And never let me never lose fascination and reverence for this
Wonderful creature You have given us, the horse."
~Gina Keesling
"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced."~Leo Tolstoy (Tim Cox Fine Arts)
"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." ~TWYLA THARP
"Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine." ~George Santayana
"Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God." ~Honore de Balzac
"Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing." ~Dodie Smith
"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will." ~James Stephens
"Dancing is the poetry of the foot." ~John Dryden
“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability." ~Sam Keen
"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it." ~Norman Maclean
“Ever thine ever mine ever ours” ~Beethoven
"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree."~Emily Bronte
"First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times." ~Ovid
"Getting to a place of comfort can be uncomfortable." ~Marcus Samuelsson
"Give me liberty or give me death." ~Patrick Henry
"God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm." ~William Cowper
"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world." ~Billy Graham
"God will one day hold us each accountable for all the things He created for us to enjoy, but we refused to do so." ~Rabbanic Saying
"Having a job to do and a special partner to do it with is a great teacher." ~SC
"Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul."~Democritus~ "At the End Of Summer"
“He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.” ~Henry David Thoreau
"He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly." ~James Allen
"Heaven is high and earth wide. If you ride three feet higher above the ground than other men, you will know what that means." ~Rudolf C. Binding
"High expectations are the key to everything." ~Sam Walton
"I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could." ~Evel Knievel
"I don't know any other way to lead but by example." ~Don Shula
"I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side." ~Ralph Steadman
"I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me." ~Antonio Villaraigosa
"I have noticed in my life that when I'm on top and open my eyes is when I'm most humbled. It is then that I realize how minor I am." ~Tracey Sadler
“I knew I was happy when I was dancing." ~Ajay Naidu
"I like to go to places where you can relax a little after you're done working." ~Ming Xi from Tim Cox Fine Art
"I live and love in God's peculiar light." ~Michelangelo
"I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair." ~Evel Knievel from Tim Cox Fine Art's
"I love to ride a good horse, and I love to work cattle, and I double love to work cattle on a good horse." ~Buster Welch from Tim Cox Fine Art
“I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.” ~Robert Frost
"I smile when I catch God watching me through the eyes of a horse" ~Kevin Weatherby (Tim Cox Fine Art)
"I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend." ~Dante Hall
"If you are going to teach a horse something and have a good relationship, you don't make him learn it - you let him learn it." ~Ray Hunt
"If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings." ~Brian Tracy
"It's better to want the horse you don't have than to have the horse you don't want." ~Rick Meyer
"It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness." ~Thomas Jefferson
"It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax." ~Moises Arias
"It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it." ~Amelia Barr
"Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave." ~Martin Luther
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give to another person; he believed in me.” ~Jim Valvano
"Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself." ~Annie Leibovitz
"Never lose a holy curiosity." ~Albert Einstein
"Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else." ~George Halas
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.” ~Anon
"Our hoofbeats were many, but our hearts beat as one." ~Anon
"Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life." ~John Updike
"Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over." ~Elvis Presley
"Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet." ~Michael W. Smith
"Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get." ~Bernard Meltzer
"Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence." ~Colin Powell
"Thank you to our military and their families for their service and dedication. We are forever in your debt! " ~Tim Cox
“That which you believe becomes your world.” ~Richard Matheson
"The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we inhabit are not only critical elements in the quality of life we enjoy - they are a reflection of the majesty of our Creator." ~Rick Perry
"The cowboy is the image of freedom. The hard-ridin' boss of the range. His trade is a fair one, he fights for what's right. And his ethics aren't subject to change." ~Red Steagall Official Fan Page
"The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing." ~Doris Humphrey
"The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice." ~Quintilian
"The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing." ~James Brown
"The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again." ~Ram Charan
"Then I shall bow in humble adoration, And there proclaim, my God, how great thou art!" ~Carl Gustav Boberg (from Tim Cox Fine Art)
"There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect." ~Ronald Reagan
"There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect."~Robert Louis Stevenson from Tim Cox Fine Art
"There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been" ~Percy Bysshe Shelley
"There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated." ~Sean Connery
"There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it." ~Anthony Trollope
"There is no secret closer than what passes between a man and his horse." ~RS Surtees
“There was so much life wrapped up in that pony's hide that it was mighty hard for him to settle down and behave...he sometimes had to bust out and do things that wasn't at all proper...” ~Will James
"…through his mane and tail the high wind sings, Fanning the hairs, who wav like feather’d wings." ~William Shakespeare
"Time moves in one direction, memory in another." ~William Gibson
"To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven." ~Karen Sunde
"Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes." ~Beethoven
"Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living." ~Harold MacMillan
"Travelers repose and dream among my leaves." ~William Blake
“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward."~E.E. Cummings
"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams." ~Jeremy Irons
"We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds." ~Ruth St. Denis
"We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever." ~Joseph B. Wirthlin
"What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought." ~David Hockney
"What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?" ~Rose Kennedy
“You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.” ~Warren Beatty
"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." ~Nido Qubein
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VERSES
"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. "
"God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home."
~Irving Berlin
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"Beyond the sunset,
O blissful morning,
When with our Saviour,
Heav'n is begun.
Earth's toiling ended,
O glorious dawning;
Beyond the sunset,
When day is done."
~Virgil Brock
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"I’ve traveled all around this country
I guess I’ve been most everywhere
I’ve been from coast to coast and way down south
I know the tang of frosty air
I like the feel of saddle leather
I love the way a pony sways
As I ride along I’ll sing this song
And be happy the rest of my days"
~Bob Nolan
from Tim Cox Fine Art's "WESTERN SKIES"
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"Let Zephyr only breathe
And with her tresses play.
~William Drummond
(SUMMER BREEZES)
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GOOD HORSES AND WIDE OPEN SPACES.
"The hooves of the horses O' witching and sweet
Is the music earth steals from the iron-shod feet
No whisper of lover, no trilling of bird
Can stir me as hooves of the horses have stirred
They spurn disappointment and trample despair
And drown with their drum beats the challenge of care
With scarlet and silk for their banners above
They are swifter than fortune and sweeter than love
On the wings of the morning they gather and fly
In the hush of the night-time I hear them go by
The horses of memory thundering through
With flashing white fetlocks all wet with the dew
When you lay me to slumber no spot you can choose
But will ring to the rhythm of galloping shoes
And under the daisies no grave be so deep
For the hooves of the horses to sound in my sleep"
~W.H.Ogilvie
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"Ride”, it calls, “upon the mountains,
and to the far reaches of the plain,
Ride the good horses and wide open spaces
as though you’ll not pass this way again.”
Endeavor to catch the skyline,
show the mountains that you’ve got sand,
Prove to the sky and rivers
that you’ve the mettle to make a hand."
~ Kevin Meyer~
FB
"Under endless skies
That's where I belong
With miles and miles
Of room to roam"
Wylie Gustafson
~♥~
"Under endless skies
That's where I belong
With miles and miles
Of room to roam"
Wylie Gustafson
~♥~
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