200 Quotes by 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!

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.

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.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

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.

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

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

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.

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.