Quotes of Henry Van Dyke - somelinesforyou

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry van Dyke Jr

“ Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Time is: too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ For those who love… time is eternity. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ The SunDial at Wells College The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour In darkness, and beyond thy power: Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands, The NOW on which the shadow stands. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke

“ In warlike pomp, with banners flowing,The regiments of autumn stood:I saw their gold and scarlet glowingFrom every hillside, every wood. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Merely to live without a painIs little gladness, little gain,Ah, welcome joy tho' mixt with grief — The thorn-set flower that crowns the leaf. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ This is the gospel of labour, ring it, ye bells of the kirk!The Lord of Love came down from above, to live with the men who work.This is the rose that He planted, here in the thorn-curst soil:Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Self is the only prison that can bind the soul. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke

“ Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke

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

- Henry Van Dyke
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