Author: Henry Van Dyke

Quotes

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

- Henry Van Dyke

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.

- Henry Van Dyke

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

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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

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

- 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.

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

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

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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

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

- 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.

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

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

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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