Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke
Henry Jackson van Dykewas an American author, educator, and clergyman...
Henry Van Dyke quotes about
coming gratitude greet love running visit welcome
Gratitude is a twofold love -- love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
inspirational change strength
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
song sweet laughter
If all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence, To break the endless song If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief, And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief.
inspirational death character
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
self-esteem soul prison
Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.
inspirational success softball
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
love love-is world
Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.
courage fire genius
Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
motivational blessed blessing
Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil.
eye thinking insanity
No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.
shadow worst
It is better to follow even the shadow of the best, than to remain content with the worst.
closets ends middle
It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.
inspirational-love love-is giving
Love is not about getting - but giving.
friendship relationship true-friend
A friend is what the heart needs all the time.