If you can’t make it to the water, perhaps these notable quotes about fishing will help you get through the day.

Fishing is a lot of things to a lot of people, but it’s often a difficult thing to put into words that others can understand.

The benefits of being near the water or simply being outdoors have been proven as an effective form of therapy, often leaving us without thought, and at times, at a lack for words. It’s hard to explain, but here are some notable figures that have attempted to do so…

1. “The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.”  John Buchan

3. “There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.” Herbert Hoover

4. “All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish.” Harold F. Blaisdell, author of “The Philosophical Fisherman”

5. “Fishing keeps us humble, which makes us better people. Infrequent success reminds us that we have much to learn from those less intelligent than ourselves.” Robert Montgomery

7. “If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” Doug Larson

8. “Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley.” – Ann Landers

9. “Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.” Paul Schullery

10. “Three-fourths of the Earth’s surface is water, and one-fourth is land.  It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.” Chuck Clark

12. “Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.” Roderick Haig-Brown, author of “A River Never Sleeps”

13. “There will be days when the fishing is better than one’s most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse.  Either is a gain over just staying home.” Roderick Haig-Brown, author of “Fisherman’s Spring”

14. “Do not tell fish stories where the people know you… but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.” – Mark Twain

Any other fishing quotes you’re a fan of? Do you have any of your own?

Source: http://www.wideopenspaces.com/14-quotes-fishing-inspire/