A good conscience is a continual Christmas.--Benjamin Franklin
* Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God.--George F. McDougall * Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart ... filled it, too, with a melody that would last forever.--Bess Streeter Aldrich * Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It’s lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It’s higher thought and a greater plan. It’s a glorious dream in the soul of man.--Wilferd A. Peterson * Christmas is the day that holds all time together.--Alexander Smith * Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.--Norman Vincent Peale * From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another, The warmth and joy of Christmas brings us closer to each other.--Emily Matthews * It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.--W. T. Ellis * When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things—not the great occasions—give off the greatest glow of happiness.--Bob Hope * There’s more, much more to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It’s the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all the year; It’s thoughtfulness and kindness, It’s hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men!--Calvin Coolidge
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CHRISTMAS is C-hrist’s H-istoric R-emarkable I-ncarnation S-tory, T-elling M-essiah’s A-waited S-alvation.--Jose B. Cabajar
* Christ was born in the first century, yet He belongs to all centuries. He was born a Jew, yet He belongs to all races. He was born in Bethlehem, yet He belongs to all countries.--George W. Truett * God grant you the light in Christmas, which is faith; the warmth of Christmas, which is love; the radiance of Christmas, which is purity; the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice; the belief in Christmas, which is truth; the all of Christmas, which is Christ.--Wilda English * Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide-open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years. Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart.--George Matthew Adams * Love came down at Christmas; Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas, Stars and angels gave the sign.--Christina Rossetti * O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God!--Guy Wetmore Carryl * The giving of gifts is not something man invented. God started the giving spree when He gave a gift beyond words, the unspeakable gift of His Son.--Robert Flatt * The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.--Peter Abelard * There is no name so sweet on earth, no name so sweet in heaven, the name, before His wondrous birth, to Christ the Savior given.--George W. Bethune * This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.--Frank McKibben "He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” — Roy L. Smith "This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone”. —Taylor Caldwell "Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” —Washington Irving "Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.” —Laura Ingalls Wilder "When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things-not the great occasions-give off the greatest glow of happiness.” — Bob Hope "As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is.” —Eric Sevareid "Christmas is the day that holds time together.” — Alexander Smith "Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.” — Dale Evans Rogers “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!” — Hamilton Wright Mabie “Christmas takes place in the heart. It is opening our hearts to others, giving of our time and energy to others, forgiving when needed, and accepting others as they are, in our hearts. It's letting God's Spirit reign in our hearts.” — Robert Rider “The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young.” — Phillips Brooks “Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” — Janice Maeditere "To live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us. Such a life provides less space for our suffering because our attention is more balanced.” — Gregg Krech
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” — John Fitzgerald Kennedy “Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want." — Oscar Wilde “To be content, just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again!” — Author Unknown “The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.” — Zig Ziglar “We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” — Frederick Keonig “Of all the attitudes we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.”— Zig Ziglar “Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away." — Sophocles “People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.” —Richard Carlson “It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.” — Greek saying “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” — Melody Beattie "Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.” — The Buddha “A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive." — Pearl Bailey “Give thy mind more to what thou has than to what thou hast not." — Marcus Antonius “I always prefer to believe the best of everybody--it saves so much trouble.” — Rudyard Kipling
“You are moving in the right direction when you clearly understand that others can give you pleasure but genuine happiness comes when you do things for others.” – Author Unknown “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou “Make one person happy each day and in 40 years you will have made 14,600 human beings happy for a little time at least.” — Charley Willey “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” — Booker T. Washington “A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.” —Tom Landry “Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.” — Saint Augustine “Always do what you are afraid to do.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” — George Burns “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Berthold Auerbach “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden
“Every day is another chance to get things right.” — Lauren Hill “I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” — J. B. Priestly “I am not a has-been. I am a will be.” — Lauren Bacall “It is never too late to be who you might have been.” — George Eliot “Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.”--Robert Louis Stevenson "Your potential lies ahead of you—whether you’re 8, 18, 48, or 80. You still have room to improve yourself. You can become better tomorrow than you are today." — John C. Maxwell “Do first things first, and second things not at all.” — Peter Drucker “Don't find fault, find a remedy.” — Henry Ford “When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.” — Author Unknown If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire—then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. Learn to separate the inconveniences from the real problems. You will live longer.—Sigmund Wollman
If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.—Frank A. Clark Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.—Arthur Golden A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.—Author Unknown The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.—Harry Golden Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.—Garrison Keillor Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort that life implies.—Erich Fromm Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll.—Author Unknown Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? —Rose F. Kennedy Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.—Thich Nhat Hanh
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.—Mark Twain Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Joy and sorrow are inseparable… together they come and when one sits alone with you… remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.—Kahlil Gibran Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.—Marianne Williamson I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy. —Kahlil Gibran Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.—Henri J.M. Nouwen Beauty is whatever gives joy.—Edna St. Vincent Millay There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.—Jean Calvin Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.—R.A. Salvatore We could all do with a bit more joy in our lives, couldn’t we? The wonderful thing is that when we start spreading joy, we begin to actually experience more joy in our lives too!—Steve Goodier Scatter joy!—Ralph Waldo Emerson We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools. —Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living. —Josiah Royce There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. —Bryant H. McGill You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. —Lewis B. Smedes Sometimes forgiving was easy for me; sometimes forgiving was a very bold choice. Whatever kind of choice it was, it always led me to a more peaceful heart. It always left me happier and free to move on to create healthier relationships with others and with myself. —Robin Casarjia To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. —Johannes Gaertner To live the full life, one must have the courage to bear responsibility for the need of others.—Aung San Suu Kyi Loyalty is the pledge of truth to oneself and others.—Ada Velez-Boardley Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one’s superiors; care for one’s crew. —Grace Murray Hopper Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.—Martin Luther King, Jr. Respect is love in plain clothes. —Frankie Byrne “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
"A happy ending depends on where you stop your story." — Orson Welles “Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.” — Art Linkletter “People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives.” — Stedman Graham “The greatest good you can do for another is not just your riches, but reveal to them their own.” — Disraeli “It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” — Jim Rohn “It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.” — E.E. Cummings “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” — General Patton “Freedom is the right to be wrong; not the right to do wrong.” — John G. Diefenbaker |
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