Izaak Walton Quote Explained: If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.

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This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.

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Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.

- Izaak Walton

Angler

· England

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

- Izaak Walton

Angler

· England

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The person who loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

- Izaak Walton

Angler

· England

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Of this blest man, let his just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.

- Izaak Walton

Angler

· England

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Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.

- Izaak Walton

Angler

· England

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

- Izaak Walton

Angler

· England

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Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

- Izaak Walton

Angler

· England

If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.

If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.

This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.

Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.

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

The person who loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

Of this blest man, let his just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.

Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.

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

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing… a grateful heart!

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.

Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.

If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.

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