Henry Van Dyke quotes

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

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.

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

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

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

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

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

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

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

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

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

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

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

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.

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

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.

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.

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

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.