Henry Van Dyke

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#eternity #fear #grieve #long #rejoice

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#life

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#inspirational

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#courage

Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#love

He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces that he hath not seen shall bless him. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#trees #nature

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#afraid #begin #die #live #never

Genius is talent set on fire by courage. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#fire #genius #set #talent

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

#between #day #difference #first #great

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#day #death #else #forever #found