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.

Quote by Henry Van Dyke

Topics: Chance Quotes, Love Quotes

Love is not getting, but giving

Love is not getting, but giving

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love...

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love...

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at...

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang...

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another....

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another....

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love...

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love...

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the...

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the...

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes...

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes...

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death...

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang...

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is...

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is...

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never...

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never...

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the...

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the...