Henry Van Dyke Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Henry Van Dyke quotes, Henry Van Dyke sayings, and Henry Van Dyke proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Genius is talent set on fire by courage. Henry Van Dyke
If only the best birds sang, the forest would be silent. Henry Van Dyke
A friend is what the heart needs all the time. Henry Van Dyke
A tear that trembles for a little while upon the trembling eyelid, till the world wavers within its circle like a dream. Holds more of meaning in its narrow orb than all the distant landscape that it blurs. Henry Van Dyke
And welcome home ye living sons America hath bred! Henry Van Dyke
The restless, deep, dividing sea that flows and foams from shore to shore calls to its sunburned chivalry push out, set sail, explore! Henry Van Dyke
Glowing through the ranks of pine, / Clear along the mountain-crest! / Long, long, long the trail / Out of sorrow's lonely vale; / But at last the traveler sees / Light between the trees! Henry Van Dyke
Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. Henry Van Dyke
Be grateful for the tiny details of your life an make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings. Henry Van Dyke
We cannot find happiness until we forget to seek for it. Henry Van Dyke
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. 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
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. Henry Van Dyke
Oh, it's home again, and home again, America for me! / Our hearts are turning home again and there we long to be, / In our beautiful big country beyond the ocean bars, / Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars. Henry Van Dyke
The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous. Henry Van Dyke
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. Henry Van Dyke
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play and to look up at the stars. 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. Henry Van Dyke
London is a man's town, there's power in the air and Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair. Henry Van Dyke
Individuality is the salt of common life. You may have to live in a crowd but you do not have to live like it. Nor subsist on its food. You may have your own orchard. You may drink at a hidden spring. Be yourself if you would serve others. 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
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