As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge. Henry Van Dyke Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. Henry Van Dyke Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. Henry Van Dyke Read Quote
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. Henry Van Dyke Read Quote
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. Henry Van Dyke Read Quote