Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery. — Henry Van Dyke Army Copy Share Image
The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best. — Henry Van Dyke Bird Copy Share Image
Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“But it is better to follow even the shadow of the best than to remain content with the worst.” — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True. — Henry Van Dyke Conflict Copy Share Image
Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil. — Henry Van Dyke Blessed Copy Share Image
For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river. — Henry Van Dyke Animal Copy Share Image
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“In mirth he mocks the other birds at noon, Catching the lilt of every easy tune; But when the day departs he… — Henry Van Dyke Bird Copy Share Image
It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the… — Henry Van Dyke Candle 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… — Henry Van Dyke Beauty Copy Share Image
Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age...are not afraid that any truth of… — Henry Van Dyke Age Copy Share Image
Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything… — Henry Van Dyke Communication Copy Share Image
“Never believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never tell even that unless you feel that… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
If all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain.… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Every country-or at least every country that is fit for habitation-has its own rivers; and every river has its own quality; and… — Henry Van Dyke 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
The meditative angler is not exempt from sensational periods. There are times when all the uncertainty of his chosen pursuit seems to… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Thou wayfaring Jesus - a pilgrim and stranger, Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in… — Henry Van Dyke Birth Copy Share Image
Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and madness of desire - oh, no - love is… — Henry Van Dyke Best things Copy Share Image
Memory is a capricious and arbitrary creature. You never can tell what pebble she will pick up from the shore of life… — Henry Van Dyke 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 Copy Share Image
Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Life is an arrow, therefore you must know What mark to aim at, how to use the bow-- Then draw it to… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“There is a loftier ambition than to stand high in the world. It is to step down and lift mankind a little… — Henry Van Dyke Ambition Copy Share Image
No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild… — Henry Van Dyke 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
Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why. — Henry Van Dyke Culture Copy Share Image
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. — Henry Van Dyke Bird Copy Share Image
Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest. — Henry Van Dyke Best thing Copy Share Image
A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands, Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands. — Henry Van Dyke Demand Copy Share Image
There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas. — Henry Van Dyke Christmas Copy Share Image
As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge. — Henry Van Dyke Dimensions Copy Share Image
Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most. — Henry Van Dyke Accumulation Copy Share Image
Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say — Henry Van Dyke Tact Copy Share Image
