Henry Van Dyke Quotes - Page 5

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• The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Jesus, Sunrise, Birth

  Henry Van Dyke (1993). “A Treasury of Christmas Stories”, Harold Shaw Pub

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• The meditative angler is not exempt from sensational periods. There are times when all the uncertainty of his chosen pursuit seems to condense itself into one big chance, and stand out before him like a salmon on the top wave of a rapid. He sees his luck hangs by a single strand of gut, and he cannot tell whether it will hold or break. This is the thrilling moment and he never forgets it.

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  Sea, Fishing, Rivers

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things”, p.23, Read Books Ltd

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• Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Motivational, Blessed, Blessing

  "The works of Henry Van Dyke".

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• Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory of the lost Paradise. It is the sense that even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.

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  Love, Mother, Memories

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.125, eKitap Projesi

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• Man said, "I am tired of kings! Sons of the robber-chiefs of yore, They make me pay for their lust and their war; I am the puppet, they pull the strings; The blood of my heart is the wine they drink. I will govern myself for awhile I think, And see what that brings!

  Henry Van Dyke

  Kings, War, Tired

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

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• Thou wayfaring Jesus - a pilgrim and stranger, Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in the manger, A fugitive child 'mid the perils of earth - Cheer with Thy fellowship all who are weary, Wandering far from the land that they love: Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary, Safe to its home in Thy presence above.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Jesus, Children, Cheer

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

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• Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Stars, Ocean, Blessed

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

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• Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

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  Sad, Men, Ideas

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.26, eKitap Projesi

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• A little while the rose, And after that the thorn; An hour of dewy morn, And then the glamour goes. Ah, love in beauty born, A little while the rose!

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Rose, Littles

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

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• How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Life, Death, Light

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• Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.

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  Fidelity, Daring, Being True

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

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• For ever so our thoughtful hearts repeatOn fields of triumph dirges of defeat;And still we turn on gala-days to treadAmong the rustling memories of the dead.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Memories, Heart, Thoughtful

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

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• It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.

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  Reality, Rivers, People

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.16, eKitap Projesi

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• Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Keys, Treasure, Baba

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.110, eKitap Projesi

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• This is the gospel of labour, ring it, ye bells of the kirk! The Lord of Love came down from above, to live with the men who work. This is the rose that He planted, here in the thorn-curst soil: Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

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  Work, Blessing, Men

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

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• Natural beauty and wonder are priceless heirlooms which God has bestowed upon our nation. How shall we escape the contempt of the coming generation if we suffer this irreplaceable heritage to be wasted?

  Henry Van Dyke

  Suffering, Generations, Heritage

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• I thank God for the honesty and virility of Jesus religion which makes us face the facts and calls us to take a man's part in the real battle of life.

  Henry Van Dyke

  God, Jesus, Honesty

  Henry Van Dyke (2009). “Joy & Power: Three Messages with One Meaning”, p.36, The Floating Press

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• A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Peace, War, Depends

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• He that planteth a tree is a servant of God,
  He provideth a kindness for many generations,
  And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Kindness, Tree, Generations

  "Out-of-Doors in The Holy Land".

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• Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Eden, Forever, Fit

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.125, eKitap Projesi

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• The Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will believe it and live up to it.

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  Believe, Men, Doe

  Henry Van Dyke (1924). “Six Days of the Week: A Book of Thoughts about Life and Religion”

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• In warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood: I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Autumn, Glowing, Gold

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

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• No amount of energy will take the place of thought.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Energy, Thoughts And Thinking, Amount

  Henry Van Dyke (2009). “Joy & Power: Three Messages with One Meaning”, p.51, The Floating Press

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• Every country-or at least every country that is fit for habitation-has its own rivers; and every river has its own quality; and it is the part of wisdom to know and love as many as you can, seeing each in the fairest possible light, and receiving from each the best that it has to give.

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  Country, Light, Rivers

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.15, eKitap Projesi

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• The brave man is intelligent; he faces danger because he understands it and is prepared to meet it. The drunkard who runs, in the delirium of intoxication, into a burning house is not brave; he is only stupid. But the clear-eyed hero who makes his way, with every sense alert and every nerve strung, into the hell of flames to rescue some little child, proves his courage.

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  Running, Courage, Children

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.89, Wildside Press LLC

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