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 The storm is ended! The impartial sunLaughs down upon the battle lost and won,And crowns the triumph of the cloudy hostIn rolling lines retreating to the coast. Henry Van Dyke storm triumph battle Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way." Henry Van Dyke blessing work heart The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible. Henry Van Dyke sunrise birth jesus The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best. Henry Van Dyke singing would-be bird Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why. Henry Van Dyke art-and-culture knowing culture Deeds not Words: I say so too! And yet I find it somehow true, A word may help a man in need, To nobler act and braver deed. Henry Van Dyke deeds men needs The meditative angler is not exempt from sensational periods. There are times when all the uncertainty of his chosen pursuit seems to condense itself into one big chance, and stand out before him like a salmon on the top wave of a rapid. He sees his luck hangs by a single strand of gut, and he cannot tell whether it will hold or break. This is the thrilling moment and he never forgets it. Henry Van Dyke fishing sea rivers Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory of the lost Paradise. It is the sense that even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever. Henry Van Dyke mother love memories Spend as much time as possible, with body and with spirit in God's out-of-doors. Henry Van Dyke body nature doors Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and madness of desire - oh, no - love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living - yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest. Henry Van Dyke dream love-you love-is Subjection to fear is weakness, bondage, feverish unrest. To be afraid is to have no soul that we can call our own; it is to be at the beck and call of alien powers, to be chained and driven and tormented; it is to lose the life itself in the anxious care to keep it. Henry Van Dyke unrest weakness soul So let the way wind up the hill or down, O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendship, high adventure, and a crown. My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road’s last turn will be the best. Henry Van Dyke journey heart adventure Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better. Henry Van Dyke giving-up winning order The Bible does not profess to make men omniscient, but simply to tell them enough to make them happy and good, if they will believe it and live up to it. Henry Van Dyke doe men believe Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil. Henry Van Dyke blessed blessing motivational Death comes in its own time, in its own way.Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it. Henry Van Dyke individual unique way Every country-or at least every country that is fit for habitation-has its own rivers; and every river has its own quality; and it is the part of wisdom to know and love as many as you can, seeing each in the fairest possible light, and receiving from each the best that it has to give. Henry Van Dyke light rivers country Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more than gratitude for glories fled;For every noble man that she hath bred,Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise,Immortalised by art's immortal praise,To lead our sons as he our fathers led. Henry Van Dyke gratitude father art We are all swimmers in God's mighty sea. Henry Van Dyke swimmer sea You can never begin to live until you dare to die. Henry Van Dyke dare dies
