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… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“The mountains that enfold the vale With walls of granite, steep and high, Invite the fearless foot to scale Their stairway toward… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
The brave man is intelligent; he faces danger because he understands it and is prepared to meet it. The drunkard who runs,… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Faith is an adventure; it is the courage of the soul to face the unknown. But that courage springs from the hope… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack;The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
The Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
So in the heart, When, fading slowly down the past, Fond memories depart, And each that leaves it seems the last; Long after all… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
A little while the rose, And after that the thorn; An hour of dewy morn, And then the glamour goes. Ah, love in beauty… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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.… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this dust may… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
