Author: Henry Van Dyke

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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

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

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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