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You may have to live in a crowd, but you do not have to live like it.

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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Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
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Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
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Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.
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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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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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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
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Tact is the unsaid part of what you think.
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What do I owe my father? Everything!
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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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What is Fortune, what is Fame? Futile gold and phantom name- Riches buried in a cave, Glory written on a grave.
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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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