Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke
Henry Jackson van Dykewas an American author, educator, and clergyman...
Henry Van Dyke quotes about
knowing art-and-culture culture
Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
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.
choices sailing desire
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.
love life happiness
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
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.
love life valentines-day
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
thanksgiving gratitude kindness
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
positive ambition political
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
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.