Author: Henry Van Dyke

Quotes

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

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

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

- Henry Van Dyke

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

- 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

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

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.

- Henry Van Dyke

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

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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.

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.

- Henry Van Dyke

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

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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