Inspiring Christmas Quotes

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LET US remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide-open heart that thinks of others first.

-George Matthew Adams

UNLESS WE make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it “white.”

-Bing Crosby

THE JOY that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.

-John Greenleaf Whittier

CHRISTMAS IS more than a time of music, merriment and mirth; it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy; it is a season of dedication and decision.

-William Arthur Ward

THE GREATEST thing is not to believe in Santa Claus; it is to be Santa Claus.

-Pat Boone

CHRISTMAS IS the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

-Washington Irving

CHRISTMAS DAY is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.

-Phillips Brooks

I LOVE THE Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, but how I love the gifts I give!

-Carolyn Wells

CHRISTMAS MEANS “giving,” and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind.

-Gordon B Hinckley

THE MANNER of giving is worth more than the gift.

-Pierre Corneille

CHRISTMAS IS most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.

-Ruth Carter Stapleton

CHRISTMAS HAS a way of bringing out the best in everyone.

-Bing Crosby

THE EXCELLENCE of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

-Charles Dudley Warner

CHRISTMAS, MY child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.

-Dale Evans

I LOVE EVERYTHING about the holidays: the decorations, the parties, and spending time with friends and family. What I love most is that feeling of giving back. Every bit counts.

-Brad Goreski

TO CELEBRATE the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others.

-Henry C. Link

THE CHRISTMAS spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live their whole lives on the principle of making themselves poor - spending and being spent - to enrich their fellow humans, giving time, trouble, care and concern, to do good to others - and not just their own friends - in whatever way there seems need.

-J.I. Packer

PRESENTS ARE made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

-Carlos Ruiz Zafon

CHRISTMAS IS doing a little something extra for someone.

-Charles M. Schulz

EVERY GIFT which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

-Pindar

THE JOY of brightening other lives, bearing each other’s burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.

-William Carey Jones

CHRISTMAS IS a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.

-Eric Sevareid

A HOLIDAY GIVES one a chance to look backward and forward; to reset oneself by an inner compass.

-May Sarton