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Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
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Germantown
Philadelphia
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I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.
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Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
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No amount of energy will take the place of thought.
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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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The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.
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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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Death comes in its own time, in its own way.Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it.
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Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.
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Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, This is my work my blessing, not my doom Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way.
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A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
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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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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.
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Love is not about getting - but giving.
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Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
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So in the heart, When, fading slowly down the past, Fond memories depart, And each that leaves it seems the last Long after all the rest are flown, Returns a solitary tone,— The after-echo of departed years,— And touches all the soul to tears.
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Love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best.
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Love is not getting, but giving It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.
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The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.
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Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.
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