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Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that...

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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express...

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A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces...

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Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

Born in the East, and clothed in Oriental form and imagery, the Bible walks the ways of all the worl...

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There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift man...

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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 sta...

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Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

The Sun-Dial at Wells CollegeThe shadow by my finger castDivides the future from the past:Before it,...

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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 ...

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The Other Wise Man

But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful...

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The Other Wise Man

Too slow for those who wait Too swift for those who fear Too long for those who grieve Too short ...

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Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil.

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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Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air;And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in he...

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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall reall...

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, to...

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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at ...

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Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and desires of little children; to remember the...

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Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Time is too slow for those who wait too swift for those who fear too long for those who grieve to...

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Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at th...

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What we do belongs to what we are and what we are is what becomes of us.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that...

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Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that...

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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express...

Show More

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces...

Show More

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

Born in the East, and clothed in Oriental form and imagery, the Bible walks the ways of all the worl...

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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of int...

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To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up a...

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There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift man...

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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 sta...

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Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

The Sun-Dial at Wells CollegeThe shadow by my finger castDivides the future from the past:Before it,...

Show More

Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul,May keep the path, but will not reach the goal;While he ...

Show More
The Other Wise Man

But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful...

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The Other Wise Man

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of int...

Show More

To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up a...

Show More

Too slow for those who wait Too swift for those who fear Too long for those who grieve Too short ...

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Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil.

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are...

Show More

Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air;And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in he...

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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall reall...

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, to...

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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at ...

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Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and desires of little children; to remember the...

Show More

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Time is too slow for those who wait too swift for those who fear too long for those who grieve to...

Show More

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at th...

Show More

What we do belongs to what we are and what we are is what becomes of us.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that...

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Henry Van Dyke

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Born: 1852-11-10

Died: 1933-04-10

Henry van Dyke (10 November 1852 – 10 April 1933) was an American author, educator, poet, playwright, and clergyman.More