Henry Van Dyke Quotes

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

  Henry Van Dyke

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• 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 eternity.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Life, Romantic

  Henry Van Dyke, “Time Is”

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• Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Life, Happiness

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.5, Wildside Press LLC

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• 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.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Choices, Sailing, Desire

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.28, Wildside Press LLC

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• Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Beautiful, Gratitude, Grateful

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• There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Truth, Conflict

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• 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.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Inspirational, Death, Character

  Henry Van Dyke (2000). “The Upward Path: Daily Inspirations from the Works of Henry Van Dyke”, Harold Shaw Pub

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• Life is an arrow, therefore you must know What mark to aim at, how to use the bow-- Then draw it to the head and let it go!

  Henry Van Dyke

  Life, Arrows, Let It Go

  Henry Van Dyke (1920). “The Poems of Henry Van Dyke”

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• The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Life Is

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.101, Wildside Press LLC

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• There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Positive, Ambition, Political

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.129, Wildside Press LLC

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• Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Life, Happiness, Success

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.174, Wildside Press LLC

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• Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Courage, Fire, Genius

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.87, Wildside Press LLC

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• Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Inspirational, Success, Softball

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• A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it is as full of good fellowship as a sugar maple is of sap. It can talk in various tones, loud or low, and of many subjects grave and gay.... For real company and friendship there is nothing, outside of the animal kingdom, that is comparable to a river.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Real, Character, Gay

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• We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Thank You, Appreciation, Accumulation

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Fisherman's Luck”, p.187, Wildside Press LLC

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• A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Integrity, Sensitive, Clean

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• It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Ends, Middle, Closets

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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

  Henry Van Dyke

  Photography, Memories, Past

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• And you will remember that love is not getting, but giving; not a wild dream of pleasure, and a madness of desire — oh no, love is not that — it is goodness, and honour, and peace, and pure living — yes, love is that; and it is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives longest.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Love Is, World

  "Little Rivers".

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• Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Heaven, Needs, Way

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• Faith is an adventure; it is the courage of the soul to face the unknown. But that courage springs from the hope and confidence of the soul that its adventure will succeed.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Courage, Spring, Adventure

  Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.212, Wildside Press LLC

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• Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Inspirational, Running

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• You can never begin to live until you dare to die.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Dare, Dies

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• It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Desire

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• It is better to follow even the shadow of the best, than to remain content with the worst.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Shadow, Worst

  Henry Van Dyke (2008). “The Blue Flower (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)”, p.147, ReadHowYouWant.com

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