The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will. Henry Van Dyke More Quotes by Henry Van Dyke More Quotes From Henry Van Dyke Look around for a place to sow a few seeds. Henry Van Dyke seeds looks Genius is talent set on fire by courage. Henry Van Dyke genius fire courage No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. Henry Van Dyke eye life thinking Ere thou sleepest, gently lay Every troubled thought away; Put off worry and distress As thou puttest off thy dress; Drop thy burden and thy care In the quiet arms of prayer. Lord thou knowest how I live, All I'VE DONE AMISS FORGIVE; ALL OF GOOD I'VE TRIED TO DO STRENGTHEN, bless and carry through; All I love in safety keep While in Thee I fall asleep. Henry Van Dyke prayer love fall Hours fly, Henry Van Dyke flower life new-day In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence. Henry Van Dyke independence progress personality 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 sleep hands past 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 gratitude thanksgiving kindness There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas. Henry Van Dyke christmas-day observance christmas Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul. Henry Van Dyke self-esteem soul spiritual 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. Henry Van Dyke clean sensitive integrity For those who love... time is eternity. Henry Van Dyke valentines-day powerful love Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles. Henry Van Dyke imbeciles jazz sarcastic If only the best birds sang, the forest would be silent. Henry Van Dyke would-be forests bird What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us. Henry Van Dyke Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone. Henry Van Dyke ready often-is wonderful There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. Henry Van Dyke charm cheerful happiness Memory is a capricious and arbitrary creature. You never can tell what pebble she will pick up from the shore of life to keep among her treasures, or what inconspicuous flower of the field she will preserve as the symbol of "thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears." . . . And yet I do not doubt that the most Important things are always the best remembered. Henry Van Dyke memories life lying You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange. Henry Van Dyke happiness A tear that trembles for a little while Henry Van Dyke circles tears dream
