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Love is not about getting - but giving.

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
Getting
Giving
Love

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Favorite People, Favorite Places, Favorite Memories of the past ... These are the joys of a lifetime Those are the things that last
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Natural beauty and wonder are priceless heirlooms which God has bestowed upon our nation. How shall we escape the contempt of the coming generation if we suffer this irreplaceable heritage to be wasted?
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Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise.
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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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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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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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Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.
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Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.
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Love that leads life upward is the noblest and the best.
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Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.
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A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands,— Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands.
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Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome But when it comes to living, there is no place like home.
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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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You can never begin to live until you dare to die.
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If 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.
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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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Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.
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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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