Henry van Dyke quotes - page 2

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. (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. View quote
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For those who love... time is eternity. View quote
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Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul. View quote
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For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river. View quote
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The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key. (Henry van Dyke)
A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war. View quote
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In warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood: I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood. View quote
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No amount of energy will take the place of thought. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us to live. View quote
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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. View quote
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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! View quote
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I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack;The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back. View quote
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The storm is ended! The impartial sun Laughs down upon the battle lost and won, And crowns the triumph of the cloudy host In rolling lines retreating to the coast. (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. View quote
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This is the soldier brave enough to tell The glory-dazzled world that "war is hell": Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife, And rides through hell to save his country's life. View quote
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Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise. View quote
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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. View quote
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