Henry Van Dyke

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

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 and sun.

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.

Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear.

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.

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.

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