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.
Ah, dearer than my soul…
Dearer than light, or life, or fame.
I wanted to paint a picture,
in indelible print, across
the canvass of my heart.
Expressing not to you; but
with you, I've bound my love
unseen from anywhere.
Dearest comrades, all is over and long gone, But love is not over...
When things were as fine as could possibly be
I thought 'twas the spring; but alas it was she.
But great loves, to the last, have pulses red;
All great loves that have ever died dropped dead.
This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural."
O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
At Christmas be merry and thankful withal,
And feast your poor neighbors, the great and the small.