Quotes from Anna Sewell

had to say over and over to myself, 'Give up the drink or lose your soul! Give up the drink or break Polly's heart!' But thanks be to God, and my dear wife, my chains were broken, and now for ten years I have not tasted a drop, and never wish for it.

do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play.

there are good thoughtful men like our master, that any horse may be proud to serve; and there are bad, cruel men, who never ought to have a horse or dog to call their own.

To my mind, fashion is one of the wickedest things in the world.

I have heard the commandments read a great many times and I never noticed that any of them said, Thou shalt be rich

I too wished that death would come and rescue me.

We went into the yard through a stone gateway, and John asked for Mr. York.

we should see what was there, and know what was what, and be much less frightened than by only seeing bits of things that we can't understand.

They always seemed to think that a horse was something like a steam-engine, only smaller. At any rate, they seemed to think that if they only pay for it, a horse is bound to go just as far, and just as fast, and with just as heavy a load as they please.

Well, then, he said, I hope you are good-tempered; I do not like any one next door who bites.

a bad-tempered man will never make a good-tempered horse.

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a scam.

Man may have the power of reason by his side, but it's the animals that are still in touch with nature.

I have heard men say that seeing is believing; but I should say that feeling is believing;

Hissiz insanlar? küçümseme. Ne yaÅŸad?klar?n? bilsen, sen de hissiz olmay? dilerdin.

Bir ÅŸey doÄŸruysa, onu yapman?n yolu bulunur; yok yanl??sa, onsuz yapman?n yolu da bulunur. Ä°yi bir insan çaresini bulacakt?r.

All you can do is keep waiting for your time. There is no use protesting. If you have cruel owners, it's your bad luck. I wish I could die now. Only that can put an end to all my miseries.

Of course I did not understand all he said, but I learned more and more to know what he meant

unutmay?n ki gün gelecek hepimiz yapt?klar?m?z?n hesab?n? vereceÄŸiz, insanlara ve hayvanlara yapt?klar?m?z?n.

My troubles are all over, and I am at home; and often before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my friends under the apple trees.

The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end.

Good Luck is rather particular who she rides with, and mostly prefers those who have got common sense and a good heart; at least that is my experience.

If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.

It is good people who make good places