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25 Henry Van Dyke Quotes & Sayings
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25 Henry Van Dyke Quotes & Sayings
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Born: 10 November 1852. Died: 10 April 1933 |
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Henry Van Dyke
Love
Leads
Life
Upward
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Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.
Henry Van Dyke
Afraid
Begin
Die
Live
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As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.
Henry Van Dyke
Dictate
Dimensions
Emerge
Habit
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Henry Van Dyke
Charm
Cheerful
Great
Personal
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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
Henry Van Dyke
Around
Few
Look
Place
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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.
Henry Van Dyke
Aim
Choice
Desire
Doing
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There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
Henry Van Dyke
Ambition
Down
High
Higher
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The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
Henry Van Dyke
Another
Between
Day
Difference
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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
Henry Van Dyke
Declaration
First
Independence
Interdependence
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There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.
Henry Van Dyke
Bravely
Cheerfully
Faithfully
Immortality
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Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
Henry Van Dyke
Bound
Critic
Dismal
Every
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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.
Henry Van Dyke
Because
Chance
Gives
Glad
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Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Henry Van Dyke
Eternity
Fear
Grieve
Long
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Henry Van Dyke
Friend
Heart
Needs
Time
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Henry Van Dyke
Courage
Fire
Genius
Set
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A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
Henry Van Dyke
Depends
Fear
Nothing
Peace
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Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
Henry Van Dyke
Being
Best
Culture
Habit
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What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.
Henry Van Dyke
Belong
Become
Are
What
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Henry Van Dyke
Best
Lives
Longest
Love
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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.
Henry Van Dyke
Depend
Does
Happiness
Inward
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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.
Henry Van Dyke
Agreeable
Always
Best
Greatest
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Henry Van Dyke
Best
Birds
Except
Possess
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There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.
Henry Van Dyke
Heart
Listening
Necessary
Never
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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
Henry Van Dyke
Belong
Death
Forever
Found
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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.
Henry Van Dyke
Express
Feeling
Following
Gratitude
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Henry Van Dyke Quotes & Sayings