"For ever so our thoughtful hearts repeatOn..." - Quote by 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.”

“We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.”

“If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence. To break the endless song.”

“For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures.”

“And she never could remember; and ever since that day what Lucy means by a good story is a story which reminds her of the forgotten story in the Magician's Book.”

“Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.”

“Thehighest form of success comes to the man who does not shrink fromdanger, from hardship or from bitter toil, and who, out of these, winsthe splendid ultimate triumph.”

“Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.”

“Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the blood and sweat and tears, the labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph.”