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Henry Van Dyke Quotes and Quotations
To 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; to be satisfied with your possessions, but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them; to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your neighbor's except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and every day of Christ; and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit, in God's out-of-doors- these are little guideposts on the footpath to peace. 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. 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. Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. 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. 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. Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul. Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of earth is toil. |