Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke
Henry Jackson van Dykewas an American author, educator, and clergyman...
courage army soul
Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.
soul weakness unrest
Subjection to fear is weakness, bondage, feverish unrest. To be afraid is to have no soul that we can call our own; it is to be at the beck and call of alien powers, to be chained and driven and tormented; it is to lose the life itself in the anxious care to keep it.
soul influence members
One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.
spiritual long soul
As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.
spring adventure soul
Faith is an adventure; it is the courage of the soul to face the unknown. But that courage springs from the hope and confidence of the soul that its adventure will succeed.
self-esteem soul prison
Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.
friendship relationship true-friend
A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
love love-is world
Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.
coming gratitude greet love running visit welcome
Gratitude is a twofold love -- love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
love rose littles
A little while the rose, And after that the thorn; An hour of dewy morn, And then the glamour goes. Ah, love in beauty born, A little while the rose!
song sweet heart
If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence. To break the endless song.
strong pride doors
The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside; The doorband strong enough from robbers to defend; This door will open at a touch to welcome every friend.
flower night hymns
Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise.
courage brave possibility
The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.