Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke
Henry Jackson van Dykewas an American author, educator, and clergyman...
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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.
christmas christmas-day observance
There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.
inspirational change strength
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
love prayer fall
Ere thou sleepest, gently lay Every troubled thought away; Put off worry and distress As thou puttest off thy dress; Drop thy burden and thy care In the quiet arms of prayer. Lord thou knowest how I live, All I'VE DONE AMISS FORGIVE; ALL OF GOOD I'VE TRIED TO DO STRENGTHEN, bless and carry through; All I love in safety keep While in Thee I fall asleep.
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.
love way immortality
There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.
self-esteem soul prison
Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.
heart blessing wish
Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way."
inspirational success softball
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
life happiness success
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
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.