Quotes by Henry Van Dyke
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There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.
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.
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.
As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.
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