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What do I owe my father? Everything!

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
Father
Everything
Fatherhood

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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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O' who will walk with me along lifes merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, who dares to laugh out loud and free.
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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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For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.
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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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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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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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A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
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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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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
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Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
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Modest egotism is the salt of conversation you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.
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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for.
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Love is not about getting - but giving.
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We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.
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Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
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The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.
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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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