(10 quotes found)
“It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you . . . yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.”
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“If Christmas is to mean anything, it must reinforce in us our duty to each other.”
Bruce Golding
“Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body."”
Contributed by: Randi
Garry Moore
““Christmas, in its final essence, is for grown people who have forgotten what children know. Christmas is for whoever is old enough to have denied the unquenchable spirit of man."””
Margaret Cousins
“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white”
Bing Crosby
“Enthusiasm for his life, enthusiasm for his job, enthusiasm to get to his family for Christmas.”
John Schultz
“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."”
Peg Bracken.
“Ask your children two questions this Christmas. First: "What do you want to give to others for Christmas?" Second: "What do you want for Christmas?" The first fosters generosity of heart and an outward focus. The second can breed selfishness if not tempered by the first. -”
Anonymous
“Christmas is a time to expand our giving encompassing the friendless and needy ... near and far. Christmas is sharing”
Patricia Clafford
“We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.”
Pope Paul VI