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Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
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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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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One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.
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Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.
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The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
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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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It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.
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Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven.
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There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.
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In warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood: I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood.
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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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The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.
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This is the soldier brave enough to tellThe glory-dazzled world that war is hell:Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,And rides through hell to save his country's life.
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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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Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.
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How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left.
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For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.
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Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.
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We are all swimmers in God's mighty sea.
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A flawless cup: how delicate and fine The flowing curve of every jewelled line! Look, turn it up or down, 'tis perfect still-- But holds no drop of life's heart-warming wine.
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