"There are joys which long to be ours. God sends 10,000 truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away."

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"No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler."

- Izaak Walton

Happiness

"As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler."

- Izaak Walton

Personal Growth

"Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter."

- Izaak Walton

Relationships

"God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart."

- Izaak Walton

Gratitude

"Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned."

- Izaak Walton

Philosophy

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"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."

- Beauty and the Beast

Hope

"No one is beyond redemption."

- Beauty and the Beast

Hope

"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."

- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Hope

"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."

- Cormac McCarthy

Hope

"Light tomorrow with today."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Hope