Henry Van Dyke | thanksgiving
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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Henry Van Dyke | work
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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Henry Van Dyke | time
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 | society
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.
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Henry Van Dyke | love
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 | happiness
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
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 | great
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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