Henry Van Dyke Quotes

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  Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• 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.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Life, Romantic

  Henry Van Dyke, “Time Is”

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• 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.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Choices, Sailing, Desire

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.28, Wildside Press LLC

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• Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Life, Happiness

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.5, Wildside Press LLC

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• Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Beautiful, Gratitude, Grateful

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• There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Truth, Conflict

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• 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.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Inspirational, Death, Character

  Henry Van Dyke (2000). “The Upward Path: Daily Inspirations from the Works of Henry Van Dyke”, Harold Shaw Pub

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• Life is an arrow, therefore you must know What mark to aim at, how to use the bow-- Then draw it to the head and let it go!

  Henry Van Dyke

  Life, Arrows, Let It Go

  Henry Van Dyke (1920). “The Poems of Henry Van Dyke”

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• The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Rose, Thorns, Bears

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Fisherman's Luck”, p.156, Wildside Press LLC

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• Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Life, Happiness, Success

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.174, Wildside Press LLC

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• Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Inspirational, Success, Softball

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• The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Life Is

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.101, Wildside Press LLC

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• Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Courage, Fire, Genius

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.87, Wildside Press LLC

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• Favorite People, Favorite Places,
  Favorite Memories of the past ...
  These are the joys of a lifetime
  Those are the things that last

  Henry Van Dyke

  Photography, Memories, Past

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• There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Positive, Ambition, Political

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.129, Wildside Press LLC

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• One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Soul, Influence, Members

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• 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.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Life, Way

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.73, eKitap Projesi

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• We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Thank You, Appreciation, Accumulation

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Fisherman's Luck”, p.187, Wildside Press LLC

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• A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it is as full of good fellowship as a sugar maple is of sap. It can talk in various tones, loud or low, and of many subjects grave and gay.... For real company and friendship there is nothing, outside of the animal kingdom, that is comparable to a river.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Real, Character, Gay

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• Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Kindness

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• Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more than gratitude for glories fled;For every noble man that she hath bred,Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise,Immortalised by art's immortal praise,To lead our sons as he our fathers led.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Gratitude, Art, Father

  Henry Van Dyke (2018). “The Poems of Henry Van Dyke”, p.158, BoD – Books on Demand

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• 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.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Kindness, Thinking, Giving

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• Faith is an adventure; it is the courage of the soul to face the unknown. But that courage springs from the hope and confidence of the soul that its adventure will succeed.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Courage, Spring, Adventure

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.212, Wildside Press LLC

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• Love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Life

  Henry Van Dyke (1920). “The works of Henry Van Dyke”

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• And you will remember that love is not getting, but giving; not a wild dream of pleasure, and a madness of desire — oh no, love is not that — it is goodness, and honour, and peace, and pure living — yes, love is that; and it is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives longest.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Love Is, World

  "Little Rivers".

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