Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke was an American author, educator, and clergyman.
Found 11 thoughts of Henry Van Dyke

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

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.

Henry Van Dyke

Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world - stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death - and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas.

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 eternity.

Henry Van Dyke

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

Henry Van Dyke

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

Henry Van Dyke

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.

Henry Van Dyke

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.

Henry Van Dyke

Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear.

Henry van Dyke

Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.

Henry Van Dyke

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

Henry Van Dyke