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Henry Van Dyke Quotes: Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.
         

Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.


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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.

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.



Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.



A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.



Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can rest.

Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can rest.



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

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



For those who love... time is eternity.

For those who love... time is eternity.



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

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



The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.

The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.



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.

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.



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

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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Think what stupid things the people must have done with their money who say they're 'happier without'.

Think what stupid things the people must have done with their money who say they're 'happier without'.



I don't understand why every single person in Congress isn't standing up and going, "He [Donald Trump] is in bed with Russia." And then they could just lock their arms and not let him in.

I don't understand why every single person in Congress isn't standing up and going, "He [Donald Trump] is in bed with Russia." And then they could just lock their arms and not let him in.



I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.

I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.



The world of 'The Hunger Games' is a paranoid survivalist's dream.

The world of 'The Hunger Games' is a paranoid survivalist's dream.



My husband believed that all women who want to should be free, equal, independent, creative, well informed, and lead stimulating, interesting lives. Except me.

My husband believed that all women who want to should be free, equal, independent, creative, well informed, and lead stimulating, interesting lives. Except me.



I think it [getting a gun] should be like getting a pilot's license. I think you should require training to get a license to have a gun.

I think it [getting a gun] should be like getting a pilot's license. I think you should require training to get a license to have a gun.



Come on. I don't have any problem violating my own insights in practice.

Come on. I don't have any problem violating my own insights in practice.



People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy

People search for joy everywhere not knowing that the Self is the source of all joy




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