Henry Van Dyke quotes

" Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. " # Talent # Silence # Love

" Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. " # Death and Dying # Fear # Life and Living

" Be glad of life because it gives you a chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at stars. " # Life and Living # Love # Work

" There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. " # Charm # Cheerfulness # Temperament

" A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war. " # Peace # Fear # War

" Gratitude is a twofold love -- love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. " # Gratitude # Freedom # Power

" In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence. " # Friends and Friendship # Freedom # Power

" Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why. " # Culture

" 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. " # Memory # Love # Kindness

" 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. " # Gossip # Freedom # Power