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Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Genius
Courage
Talent
Fire

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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
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Spend as much time as possible, with body and with spirit in God's out-of-doors.
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Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.
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So let the way wind up the hill or down, O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy Still seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendship, high adventure, and a crown. My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road’s last turn will be the best.
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Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
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Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
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No matter what theory of the origin of government you adopt, if you follow it out to its legitimate conclusions it will bring you face to face with the moral law.
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Like water spilt upon the ground--alas, Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass!
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There is no conflict between the Old and the New the conflict is between the False and the True.
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Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
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You may have to live in a crowd, but you do not have to live like it.
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For ever so our thoughtful hearts repeatOn fields of triumph dirges of defeatAnd still we turn on gala-days to treadAmong the rustling memories of the dead.
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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
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Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm, none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship.
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Man said, I am tired of kings! Sons of the robber-chiefs of yore, They make me pay for their lust and their war I am the puppet, they pull the strings The blood of my heart is the wine they drink. I will govern myself for awhile I think, And see what that brings!
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Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose the way.
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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.
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Religion? Yes, I know it well I've heard its prayers and creeds, And seen men put them all to shame with poor, half-hearted deeds. They follow Christ, but far away they wander and they doubt. I'll serve him in a better way, and live his precepts out.
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Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
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A tear that trembles for a little while Upon the trembling eyelid, till the world Wavers within its circle like a dream, Holds more of meaning in its narrow orb Than all the distant landscape that it blurs.
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