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.
Wert thou more fickle than the restless sea,
Still should I love thee, knowing thee for such.
The heart loves repose and the soul contemplation, but the mind needs action.
Men are taught virtue and a love of independence by living in the country.
Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon
The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon.
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
When you come right down to it, the secret of having it all is loving it all.
The only people who love a war are those who have never fought in one.
Christ wanted love to be called his single commandment. This we owe to all men. Nobody is excepted.