Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke
Henry Jackson van Dykewas an American author, educator, and clergyman...
Henry Van Dyke quotes about
storm battle triumph
The storm is ended! The impartial sunLaughs down upon the battle lost and won,And crowns the triumph of the cloudy hostIn rolling lines retreating to the coast.
fishing wish may
I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this the month of May was made.
dare dies
You can never begin to live until you dare to die.
often-is wonderful ready
Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.
peace heart fighting
A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands,— Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands.
peace real war
Peace without Justice is a low estate,— A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,— We'll pay the price of war to make it real.
fidelity daring being-true
Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
peace war depends
A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
zest age lasts
I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.
kindness thinking giving
be glαd of life, becαuse it gives you the chαnce to love αnd to work αnd to plαy αnd to look up αt the stαrs; to be sαtisfied with your posessions, to despise nothing in the world except fαlsehood αnd meαnness αnd to feαr nothing except cowαrdice; to be governed by your αdmirαtions rαther thαn by your disgusts, to covet nothing thαt is your neighbour's except his kindness of heαrt αnd gentleness of mαnners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends and to spend αs much time αs you cαn with body αnd with spirit.
looks poor wells
But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.
courage brave possibility
The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.
integrity sensitive individual
A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.
long-ago tree apollo
Long ago Apollo called to Aristæus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my bees." Golden were the hives, and golden was the honey; golden, too, the music, Where the honey-makers hummed among the trees.