Famous Henry Van Dyke Quotations

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"A friend is what the heart needs all the time."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play, and to look up at the stars and sun."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play and to look up at the stars."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Happiness is inward and not outward and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Self is the only prison that can bind the soul."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live."
by Henry Van Dyke
"The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. - from Fisherman's Luck"
by Henry Van Dyke
"Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice, But for those who love Time is not."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear."
by Henry van Dyke
"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Use what talent you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best."
by Henry Van Dyke
"What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Look around for a place to sow a few seeds."
by Henry Van Dyke
"I thank God for the honesty and virility of Jesus religion which makes us face the facts and calls us to take a man's part in the real battle of life."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home, sweet home For there the heart can rest."
by Henry Van Dyke
"There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher."
by Henry Van Dyke
"A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war."
by Henry Van Dyke
"The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometines as great as a month."
by Henry Van Dyke
"To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is not."
by Henry Van Dyke
"Use the talents you posses, for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except the best.'"
by Henry Van Dyke


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