110+ Henry Van Dyke Quotes On Education, Friendship And Death

Henry Van Dyke was an American poet, clergyman, and educator. He was born in 1852 and was a professor at Princeton University for over 30 years. He wrote many popular works, such as "The Story of the Other Wise Man" and "The Blue Flower," which have become classics in American literature. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Henry Van Dyke on education, life, love.

Top 10 Henry Van Dyke Quotes

1. 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.
2. Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
3. Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
4. For those who love... time is eternity.
5. There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.
6. Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
7. 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.
8. Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.
9. Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.
10. Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear.

Henry Van Dyke Short Quotes

• What do I owe my father? Everything!
• Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
• Tact is the unsaid part of what you think.
• The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.
• Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
• There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.
• What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.
• The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.
• Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.
• No amount of energy will take the place of thought.

Henry Van Dyke Quotes About Life

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

Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm, none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship. — Henry Van Dyke

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to live and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. — Henry Van Dyke

There are many kinds of love, as many kinds of light, And every kind of love makes a glory in the night. There is love that stirs the heart, and love that gives it rest, But the love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best. — Henry Van Dyke

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life. — Henry Van Dyke

O' who will walk with me along lifes merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, who dares to laugh out loud and free. — Henry Van Dyke

I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best. — Henry Van Dyke

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

Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings. — Henry Van Dyke

Life is an arrow, therefore you must know What mark to aim at, how to use the bow-- Then draw it to the head and let it go! — Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke Quotes About Love

Gratitude is a twofold love -- love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. — Henry Van Dyke

Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven. — Henry Van Dyke

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

We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most. — Henry Van Dyke

All Thy works with joy surround Thee, God of glory, Lord of Love; Stars and angels sing around Thee, Center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, Flowery meadow, flashing sea, Chanting bird and flowing fountain, Call us to rejoice in Thee. — Henry Van Dyke

In love and friendship, small, steady payments on a gold basis are better than immense promissory notes. — 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 not. — Henry Van Dyke

Time is too slow for those who waittoo swift for those who feartoo long for those who grieve,too short for those who rejoice,but for those who love, time is eternity.Hours fly, flowers die, new days, new ways pass by, Love stays. — Henry Van Dyke

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. — Henry Van Dyke

Love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best. — Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke Quotes About Friendship

For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river. — Henry Van Dyke

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

What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us to live. — Henry Van Dyke

Every house where love abidesAnd friendship is a guest,Is surely home, and home, sweet homeFor there the heart can rest. — Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke Quotes About Death

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. — Henry Van Dyke

Death comes in its own time, in its own way.Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it. — Henry Van Dyke

How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left. — Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke Quotes About Live

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge. — Henry Van Dyke

Come, my friend, forget your foes, and leave your fears behind, And wander forth to try your luck, with cheerful, quiet mind; For be your fortune great or small, you take what God will give, And all the day your heart will say, "'Tis luck enough to live. — Henry Van Dyke

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

Religion? Yes, I know it well; I've heard its prayers and creeds, And seen men put them all to shame with poor, half-hearted deeds. They follow Christ, but far away; they wander and they doubt. I'll serve him in a better way, and live his precepts out. — Henry Van Dyke

Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air; And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair; And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome; But when it comes to living, there is no place like home. — Henry Van Dyke

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

You can never begin to live until you dare to die. — Henry Van Dyke

Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living. — Henry Van Dyke

The worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world "I am," the fruit of "I have done"; And underneath these worlds of flower and fruit, The world "I love,"--the only living root. — Henry Van Dyke

You may have to live in a crowd, but you do not have to live like it. — Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

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

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

If all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence, To break the endless song If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief, And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief. — 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

Favorite People, Favorite Places, Favorite Memories of the past ... These are the joys of a lifetime Those are the things that last — Henry Van Dyke

The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses. — Henry Van Dyke

But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed. — Henry Van Dyke

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

Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever. — Henry Van Dyke

The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside; The doorband strong enough from robbers to defend; This door will open at a touch to welcome every friend. — Henry Van Dyke

I heard through the nightThe rush and the clamour;The pulse of the fightLike blows of Thor's hammer;The pattering flightOf the leaves, and the anguishedMoan of the forest vanquished. — 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

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

Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone. — Henry Van Dyke

Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars. — Henry Van Dyke

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war. — Henry Van Dyke

Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age...are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy Christianity, or any revolution will overthrow the Kingdom of Heaven. — Henry Van Dyke

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

If only the best birds sang, the forest would be silent. — Henry Van Dyke

Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat. — Henry Van Dyke

No matter what theory of the origin of government you adopt, if you follow it out to its legitimate conclusions it will bring you face to face with the moral law. — Henry Van Dyke

One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members. — Henry Van Dyke

The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave. — Henry Van Dyke

I thank God for the honesty and virility of Jesus religion which makes us face the facts and calls us to take a man's part in the real battle of life. — Henry Van Dyke

For ever so our thoughtful hearts repeatOn fields of triumph dirges of defeat;And still we turn on gala-days to treadAmong the rustling memories of the dead. — Henry Van Dyke

The world is full of warfare 'twixt the evil and the good;I watched the battle from afar as one who understoodThe shouting and confusion, the bloody, blundering fight-How few there are that see it clear, how few that wage it right! — Henry Van Dyke

We are all swimmers in God's mighty sea. — Henry Van Dyke

Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise. — Henry Van Dyke

Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise, the light. But often faltering feet Come surest to the goal; And they who walk in darkness meet The sunrise of the soul. — Henry Van Dyke

A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands,— Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands. — Henry Van Dyke

The kingdom of birds is divided into two departments - birds and House Sparrows. House Sparrows are not real birds - they are little beasts! — Henry Van Dyke

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometines as great as a month. — Henry Van Dyke

Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhattan Bay, The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away: Thine eyes at last look far and clear, thou liftest high thy hand To spread the light of liberty world-wide for every land. — Henry Van Dyke

Hours fly, Flowers die: New days, New ways: Pass by! Love stays. — Henry Van Dyke

Like water spilt upon the ground--alas, Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass; Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass! — Henry Van Dyke

Love is not about getting - but giving. — Henry Van Dyke

Peace without Justice is a low estate,— A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,— We'll pay the price of war to make it real. — Henry Van Dyke

A little while the rose, And after that the thorn; An hour of dewy morn, And then the glamour goes. Ah, love in beauty born, A little while the rose! — Henry Van Dyke

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

Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great. — Henry Van Dyke

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

So in the heart, When, fading slowly down the past, Fond memories depart, And each that leaves it seems the last; Long after all the rest are flown, Returns a solitary tone,— The after-echo of departed years,— And touches all the soul to tears. — Henry Van Dyke

I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack;The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back. — Henry Van Dyke

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart; never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; and never to tell that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening while you tell it. — 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

Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this dust may rise and rejoice among the branches. — Henry Van Dyke

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

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

Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way. — Henry Van Dyke

I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this the month of May was made. — Henry Van Dyke

Natural beauty and wonder are priceless heirlooms which God has bestowed upon our nation. How shall we escape the contempt of the coming generation if we suffer this irreplaceable heritage to be wasted? — Henry Van Dyke

What is Fortune, what is Fame? Futile gold and phantom name- Riches buried in a cave, Glory written on a grave. — Henry Van Dyke

Spend as much time as possible, with body and with spirit in God's out-of-doors. — Henry Van Dyke

A flawless cup: how delicate and fine The flowing curve of every jewelled line! Look, turn it up or down, 'tis perfect still-- But holds no drop of life's heart-warming wine. — 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

You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange. — Henry Van Dyke

Life Lessons by Henry Van Dyke

1. Henry Van Dyke's poetry emphasizes the importance of living life with purpose and joy. He encourages readers to appreciate the beauty of the world around them and to be kind to others.
2. He also emphasizes the importance of finding balance in life and taking time for yourself. He encourages readers to take risks and to never give up on their dreams.
3. Lastly, he reminds readers to be thankful for the blessings in their lives and to always strive to be the best version of themselves.