"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse."
-Henry Van Dyke
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"Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.“
-Henry Van Dyke
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