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Henry van Dyke QuotesCompiled by Catherine Pulsifer |
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There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. Use what talent you possess - the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. 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. As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge. In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence. Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest. Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. 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. When once you have tasted flight you will always walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward: for there you have been and there you will always be. Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. Look around for a place to sow a few seeds. What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us. 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. Genius is talent set on fire by courage. 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. What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever. Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live. As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge. |
Henry van Dyke Born: November 10, 1852 Died: April 10, 1933, Henry van Dyke was an American poet, author, educator, and clergyman who was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He attended Princeton University. He had a passion for writing as demonstrated in his many short stories. You May Also Like: Henry Van Dyke |
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