Flower Quotes by Henry Van Dyke

12 Flower quotes by Henry Van Dyke

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Van Dyke’s lines treat each blossom as a small miracle, inviting calm reflection without fanfare.

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He that planteth a tree ...provideth a kindness for many generations.

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

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Hours fly, Flowers die: New days, New ways: Pass by! Love stays.

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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…

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The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as…

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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.

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Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn…

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Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air; And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair;…

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The worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world "I am," the fruit of "I have done"; And underneath…

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We may be able to tell how many stars are in the Milky Way; we may be able to count the petals…

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Memory is a capricious and arbitrary creature. You never can tell what pebble she will pick up from the shore of life…

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These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter…

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

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There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.

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