Quote

Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.

Henry Van Dyke

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Earth
Labour
Blessing
Blessed
Labor
Motivational
Rest
Heaven
Blest
Perfect
Toil

More quotes by Henry Van Dyke

Image
I heard through the nightThe rush and the clamourThe pulse of the fightLike blows of Thor's hammerThe pattering flightOf the leaves, and the anguishedMoan of the forest vanquished.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
There is no conflict between the Old and the New the conflict is between the False and the True.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us to live.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
What do I owe my father? Everything!
Henry Van Dyke
Image
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
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 never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
No amount of energy will take the place of thought.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory of the lost Paradise. It is the sense that even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.
Henry Van Dyke