Quotes by Henry Van Dyke

“He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.”

“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.”

“The Sun-Dial at Wells CollegeThe shadow by my finger castDivides the future from the past:Before it, sleeps the unborn hourIn darkness, and beyond thy power:Behind its unreturning line,The vanished...”

“Born in the East, and clothed in Oriental form and imagery, the Bible walks the ways of all the world with familiar feet, and enters land after land to find its own everywhere. It has learned to sp...”

“But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.”

“Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul,May keep the path, but will not reach the goal;While he who walks in love may wander far,Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.”

“Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and desires of little children; to remember the weaknesses and lonliness of people who are growing old; to stop asking how much your friends lov...”

“Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.”

“What we do belongs to what we are and what we are is what becomes of us. ”

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

“Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.”

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

“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 f...”

“Genius is talent set on fire by courage.”

“In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.”

“A friend is what the heart needs all the time.”

“Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.”

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

“There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.”

“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”