Courage Quotes by Henry Van Dyke

8 Courage quotes by Henry Van Dyke

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Van Dyke’s gentle prose brings a reflective quality to the notion of bravery. In this short collection, his words invite you to consider courage not just as bold acts, but as quiet, steady resolve.

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This is the soldier brave enough to tellThe glory-dazzled world that "war is hell":Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,And rides…

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“The mountains that enfold the vale With walls of granite, steep and high, Invite the fearless foot to scale Their stairway toward…

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Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.

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Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

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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,…

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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…

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So let the way wind up the hill or down, O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still seeking what…

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The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.

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I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack;The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back.

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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…

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So in the heart, When, fading slowly down the past, Fond memories depart, And each that leaves it seems the last; Long after all…

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

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

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Love is not about getting - but giving.

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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

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Religion? Yes, I know it well; I've heard its prayers and creeds, And seen men put them all to shame with poor, half-hearted deeds.…

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It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.

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Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles.

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Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this dust may…

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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.

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