Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
Henry Van DykeThere 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 DykeIf all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence, To break the endless song If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief, And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief.
Henry Van Dyke