200 Quotes by Henry Van Dyke

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

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

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.

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?

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

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

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