Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil. — Henry Van Dyke Blessed Copy Share Image
Come, my friend, forget your foes, and leave your fears behind, And wander forth to try your luck, with cheerful, quiet mind;… — Henry Van Dyke Behinds Copy Share Image
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a… — Henry Van Dyke Ambition Copy Share Image
I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best. — Henry Van Dyke Age Copy Share Image
O' who will walk with me along lifes merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, who dares to laugh out… — Henry Van Dyke Blithe Copy Share Image
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what… — Henry Van Dyke Death Copy Share Image
A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its… — Henry Van Dyke Animal Copy Share Image
What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us… — Henry Van Dyke Friendship Copy Share Image
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence. — Henry Van Dyke Declaration Copy Share Image
Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why. — Henry Van Dyke Culture Copy Share Image
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. — Henry Van Dyke Charm Copy Share Image
I thank God for the honesty and virility of Jesus religion which makes us face the facts and calls us to take… — Henry Van Dyke Battle Copy Share Image
Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest. — Henry Van Dyke Love Copy Share Image
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 Brave Copy Share Image
I heard through the nightThe rush and the clamour;The pulse of the fightLike blows of Thor's hammer;The pattering flightOf the leaves, and… — Henry Van Dyke Blow Copy Share Image
This is the gospel of labour, ring it, ye bells of the kirk! The Lord of Love came down from above, to… — Henry Van Dyke Bells Copy Share Image
The Bible teaches that God owns the world. He distributes to every man according to His own good pleasure, conformably to general… — Henry Van Dyke Bible Copy Share Image
The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as… — Henry Van Dyke First day of spring Copy Share Image
be glαd of life, becαuse it gives you the chαnce to love αnd to work αnd to plαy αnd to look up… — Henry Van Dyke Body Copy Share Image
Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose… — Henry Van Dyke Guides Copy Share Image
Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm, none possesses so distinct a life… — Henry Van Dyke Character Copy Share Image
Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear. — Henry Van Dyke 2 word love Copy Share Image
These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter… — Henry Van Dyke Bird Copy Share Image
