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Henry Van Dyke

  • Henry Van Dyke

    Henry Jackson van Dyke (November 10, 1852 – April 10, 1933, aged 80) was an American author, educator, and clergyman.

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

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Henry Van Dyke

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

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Henry Van Dyke

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

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Henry Van Dyke

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.

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Henry Van Dyke

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.

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Henry Van Dyke

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.

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Henry Van Dyke

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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Henry Van Dyke

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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Henry Van Dyke

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.

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Henry Van Dyke

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

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Henry Van Dyke

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