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Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
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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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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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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Peace without Justice is a low estate, A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal, We'll pay the price of war to make it real.
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There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.
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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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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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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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A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
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Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
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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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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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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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I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.
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Love is not about getting - but giving.
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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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What do I owe my father? Everything!
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A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.
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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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Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more than gratitude for glories fledFor every noble man that she hath bred,Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise,Immortalised by art's immortal praise,To lead our sons as he our fathers led.
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Deeds not Words: I say so too! And yet I find it somehow true, A word may help a man in need, To nobler act and braver deed.
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