Izaak Walton Quotes about Gratitude

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

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

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heart

Izaak Walton (2013). “The Complete Angler”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

[Be grateful for the simple things in life. Don't take them for granted. After all...] What would a blind man give to see the pleasant rivers and meadows and flowers and fountains; and this and many other like blessings we enjoy daily.

Izaak Walton

Gratitude, Grateful, Flower

Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]

Izaak Walton

Gratitude, Appreciation, Grateful

And this, and many other like blessings, we enjoy daily. And for most of them, because they be so common, most men forget to pay their praises: but let not us, because it is a sacrifice so pleasing to Him that made that sun and us, and still protects us, and gives us flowers, and showers, and stomachs, and meat, and content, and leisure to go a-fishing.

Izaak Walton

Gratitude, Flower, Sacrifice

"The Complete Angler".