Christmas Quotes
Most of the quotes on this page are not about Christmas at all. We built it from the pages on family, love and gratitude, which is what people tend to want for a card or a toast.
That makes it a long list, ordered by quality rather than by how seasonal each entry feels. If you want something that sounds like Christmas, search for it. If you want something that would be true at any family table, start here.
When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
Peace and love are ever in us, being and working; but we be not alway in peace and in love.
Expectation postponed makes the heart sick, but a desire realized is a tree of life.
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.
The mightiest love was granted him
Love that does not expect to be loved.
Our love is principle, and has its root
In reason, is judicious, manly, free.
If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness
Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.
You may find many a brighter one
Than your own rose, but there are none
So true to thee, Love.
I want you to make love, not war, I know you've heard it before.
'Tis better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all.
All-powerful Love! what changes canst thou cause
In human hearts, subjected to thy laws!