Quote by Henry Van Dyke

“The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang the best.”

— John James Audubon

“The forest would be very quiet if only a few birds sang.”

— Annonymous

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

— Henry Van Dyke

Use what talent you posses; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.

— Anonymous

The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.

— Henry Van Dyke

If only the best birds sang, the forest would be silent.

— Henry Van Dyke

“O, but Everyone Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.”

— Siegfried Sassoon

“...making some noise in the woods is a thing that one can forget. The sound of a man’s voice on the other hand, is…

— Angelo Tsanatelis

“The Wonder of the Woods, Lies less in Sight then Sensing, Less in Sound than Silence.”

— Dean Cumings

“For whom, for what, was that bird singing? No mate, no rival was watching it. What made it sit at the edge of the…

— George Orwell

“Then I will not repine Knowing that bird of mine Though flown shall in a distant tree Bright melody for me Return.”

— Emily Dickinson

“Only the mockingbird sings at the edge of the woods.”

— Walter Tevis