Quote

This is the soldier brave enough to tellThe glory-dazzled world that war is hell:Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,And rides through hell to save his country's life.

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
War
Soldier
Looks
Lovers
Country
Brave
Enough
Save
Life
Glory
Dazzled
World
Beyond
Rides
Hell
Strife
Peace
Lover

More quotes by Henry Van Dyke

Image
Love is not about getting - but giving.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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
No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for.
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
What do I owe my father? Everything!
Henry Van Dyke
Image
A flawless cup: how delicate and fine The flowing curve of every jewelled line! Look, turn it up or down, 'tis perfect still-- But holds no drop of life's heart-warming wine.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
I'm only wishing to go a-fishingFor this the month of May was made.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
We are all swimmers in God's mighty sea.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this dust may rise and rejoice among the branches.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
So let the way wind up the hill or down, O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy Still seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendship, high adventure, and a crown. My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road’s last turn will be the best.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
Henry Van Dyke
Image
The worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world I am, the fruit of I have done And underneath these worlds of flower and fruit, The world I love,--the only living root.
Henry Van Dyke