Henry van Dyke (1852 - 1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman

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A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
Use what talent you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
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 not.
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play and to look up at the stars.
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play, and to look up at the stars and sun.
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
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.
Happiness is inward and not outward and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.
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. - from Fisherman's Luck
Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear.
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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