Henry Van Dyke Quotes

“There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True.”

“Favorite People, Favorite Places,Favorite Memories of the past ...These are the joys of a lifetimeThose are the things that last”

“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.”

“Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.”

“The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses.”

“The world is full of warfare 'twixt the evil and the good;I watched the battle from afar as one who understoodThe shouting and confusion, the bloody, blundering fight-How few there are that see it clear, how few that wage it right!”

“A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.”

“I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this the month of May was made.”

“It is better to follow even the shadow of the best, than to remain content with the worst.”

“Hours fly,Flowers die:New days,New ways:Pass by!Love stays.”

“No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.”

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

“The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.”

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

“What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us to live.”

“You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange.”

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

“So let the way wind up the hill or down, O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendship, high adventure, and a crown. My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road’s last turn will be the best.”

“No amount of energy will take the place of thought.”

“Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise.”

“For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.”

“You can never begin to live until you dare to die.”

“The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.”

“A friend is what the heart needs all the time.”

“Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way."”