One of the most important things for any ranch owner is to stay motivated. But, what happens when you can’t find anything that motivates you? That’s where these unique and exciting ranch sayings come in handy! These quotes are sure to keep your spirits high and motivate you on those days when it feels like all hope is lost.
Having a Ranch is tough work don’t get me wrong, but it is so worth the hard work. Every day I wake up excited to see what this ranch has in store for me. There are many days when that excitement wavers and then these sayings come into play!
Today’s modern cowboy life can feel like a lonely one sometimes, but with these quotes you will have an entire community of people to back you up. There is nothing like knowing that there are others out there who can relate and understand what you’re going through!
Funny Ranch Quotes
“When I’m driving and see cows, I will make an announcement to the rest of the car, that there are cows.”
Unknown
“Home is where my cows are.”
Unknown
“Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy Cows. And that’s pretty much the same thing.”
Unknown
“The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back into your pocket.”
Unknown
“I do not believe there was a life more attractive than life on a cattle ranch.”
Unknown
“I work out, just kidding, I chase cows.”
Unknown
“The most memorable days usually end with dirtiest clothes.”
Unknown
“Chasing cows will be your fate if you don’t close this gate.”
Unknown
Ranch Hand Quotes
“I grew up in Colorado and spent my summers in Montana as a ranch hand.”
Chris Eigeman
“The ranch was raw land when I bought it and, for better or worse, I have designed every aspect of it from the corrals, the arena, to the barn, to the house.”
Janine Turner
“Besides Slayer, which is a full-time job, I raise animals. I have a ranch in Texas. My wife takes care of the animals when I’m on tour. When I get home, I become a ranch hand.”
Tom Araya
“I eat ranch dressing with my pizza, I dip it in the ranch. It is so good! I know, I am really weird.”
Jamie Lynn Spears
“Three days a week and I’m home at the ranch in Fallbrook with my avocados.”
Martin Milne
Cattle Ranch Quotes
“We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”
George S. Patton
“I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.”
Sam Shepard
Clean energy is hippy power. But it’s also cowboy power, it’s rancher power, it’s Appalachian power.
Van Jones
“I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought I’d rather dance with the cows until you come home.”
Groucho Marx
“An orchard can grow pastured poultry underneath. A beef cattle or sheep farm can run pastured poultry behind the herbivores, like the egret on the rhino’s
nose.”
Joel Salatin
“I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young because it was what I knew and I loved it.”
Sandra Day O’Connor
“A rancher is a farmer who farms the public lands with a herd of four-legged lawnmowers.”
Edward Abbey
Famous Ranching Quotes
“You would be much amused with the animals around the ranch.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“I would be happy living on a massive ranch in Montana and not seeing anyone except my friends and family.”
Nick Frost
“I travel so much on stories, so I don’t take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.”
Bill Kurtis
“The truth of the matter is that I live on an isolated cattle ranch in the middle of Oklahoma and that’s not going to change.”
Ree Drummond
“If you ask me what I’d rather be doing, well, I’d rather be home in California, watching TV, polishing my tools, and working around the ranch.”
Dick Dale
“It’s difficult to talk about Ghost Ranch in a few words. You end up sounding like an advertisement for God and New Mexico. But then, maybe that’s what Ghost Ranch really is.”
Sheila Tryk
Yellowstone Ranch Quotes (Duttons Yellowstone Show)
“I hope I never meet the first man who thought it was a good idea to ride a bull.”
Carl
“Karma comes in all shapes and sizes. Guess it’s me today.”
Walker
“Leverage is knowing that if someone had all the money in the world, this is what they’d buy.”
John
“Your grandfather used to say you can’t fix a broken wagon wheel, but you can use the parts to make a new one.”
John
“It’s the one constant in life. You build something worth having, someone’s gonna try to take it.”
John
“Someday your son’s gonna test you. He’s gonna force you to make a decision that not only determines his future but your place in it.”
John
“I made two bad decisions in my life based on fear, and they cost me everything.”
Beth
“Serve your father’s family or serve your own. Like it or not, that choice is coming.”
Christina
Winter Ranch Quotes
“Every mile is two in winter.”
Witts Recreations
“The life of man is a winter away.”
Witts Recreations
“One kind word can warm three winter months.”
Japanese Proverb
“I know this place like I know the calluses on my hands.”
Brenda Sutton Rose
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.”
John Burroughs
Ranch Dog Quotes
“We each had to spend a week out at Lassie’s ranch, and whoever got along best with the dog got the part.”
Tommy Rettig
“The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.”
Stanley Coren
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”
Roger Caras
“A full loyalty to the leader merely fits to the dogs, not to the humans.”
Mehmet Murat Ildan
“As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.”
Jean Ferris
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.”
John Grogan
Ranch Horse Quotes
“To me, a horse means everything to my life. They’re my will to want to keep going.”
Doug Williamson
“No heaven can heaven be if my horse isn’t there to welcome me.”
Unknown
“Horses want to try for you. They just have the biggest heart.”
Lyle Lovett
“One can get in a car and see what man has made. One must get on a horse to see what God has made.”
Unknown
“Horses reach into your soul, pull out the good and heal what isn’t.”
Sandy Collier
“It’s the desire that’s in them to just be with us. They could buck us off and run off with us every day, but instead, they want to go to work. That’s pretty special. There aren’t many other animals that do that.”
Nick Dowers
Inspirational Ranch Quotes
“If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: That was the American dream.”
Edward Abbey
“Fulfilling the vision of the Irvine Ranch master plan has been a lifetime dedication and lifetime passion, and I am hopeful the heritage of our Irvine stewardship will live on in many new ways.”
Donald Bren
“When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help.”
Byron Dorgan
Marcus Luttrell
Best Ranch Sayings
“Spending two years on my uncle’s ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.”
Robert Duvall
“Polo, racing, and horse show all are doing great work to help the farmer and rancher to raise better horses.”
Will Rogers
“I was raised in farm and ranch communities, and my dad wanted me to be a cowboy like him, but I saw how he struggled in life and wanted more than that.”
Tom Johnson
“When the ranch is in peace, no other life is more perfect.”
Charles Goodnight
Best Ranch Quotes
“I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days. It was a fine, healthy life, too; it taught a man self-reliance, hardihood, and the value of an instant decision. I enjoyed the life to the full.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“We need to create incentives for our ranchers and farmers to manage their lands to maximize carbon sequestration.”
Michael Pollan
“Rickey got a big ranch. Rickey got a big bull. Rickey got horses. Rickey got chickens and everything. And Rickey got a 20-gallon hat.”
Rickey Henderson
Famous Ranch Quotes from Shows
“Bad as you think this place is with you, it’s even worse without you.”
Heather Roth, The Ranch, Season 1
“I’ve found that the happier you are, the less you need.”
Maggie, The Ranch, Season 1
“You know, when I was your age, you broke a tool, you had to craft a new one with your own bare hands.”
Beau, The Ranch, Season 1
“The only thing I ask is that you outlive me, so I never live another day without you.”
Beth
“Lawyers are the swords of this century. Words are weapons now. I need you to learn how to use them.”
John
Final Thoughts
Ranch quotes can be difficult to find, but with this article you will have access to some of the best! If you’re feeling discouraged about your ranch life then these unique and exciting sayings are sure to perk you up. With each new quote they’ll give you a boost in motivation so that you can meet all of your goals on the ranch.
With these sayings, you’ll have a community of people to relate too who are willing to support you in your time of need! If you’re feeling lonely because it’s just you on the ranch then know that there are others out there like yourself and they want nothing more than to help!
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