200 Quotes by Henry Van Dyke

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

You can never begin to live until you dare to die.

No amount of energy will take the place of thought.

Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better.

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

Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear.

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.

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

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.