""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.""
- Izaak Walton
Hope
"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
"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
"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."
- Beauty and the Beast
Relationships
"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."
- Nick Cannon
Relationships
"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."
Relationships
"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."
- Donald E. Westlake
Relationships
"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."
- Lucille Ball
Relationships