Hello December, the magical month that wraps up the year in a blanket of joy and hope. Have you ever considered the power of a quote? December quotes can be a heartwarming reminder of the charm this month carries. They capture the essence of frosty mornings, cozy evenings, holiday cheer, and the anticipation of a new beginning. Quotes about December can inspire us to embrace the winter chill with a warm heart, to find joy in the short days and long nights, and to welcome the first day of December with open arms and a hopeful spirit.
The twelve months...
Snowy, Flowy, Blowy,
Showery, Flowery, Bowery,
Hoppy, Croppy, Droppy,
Breeze, Sneezy, Freezy. — George F. R. Ellis
I detest 'Jingle Bells,' 'White Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,' and the obscene spending bonanza that nowadays seems to occupy not just December, but November and much of October, too. — Richard Dawkins
January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow. — Sara Coleridge
How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? — Dr. Seuss
September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret. — Alexander Theroux
I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' office parties and cookies. — Mo Rocca
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white. — Irving Berlin
Tonight's December thirty-first, something is about to burst. The clock is crouching, dark and small, like a time bomb in the hall. Hark, it's midnight, children dear. Duck! Here comes another year! — Ogden Nash
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know,
Where the tree tops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow. — Irving Berlin
Christmas is the day that holds all time together. — Alexander Smith
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. — Mary Ellen Chase
In November you begin to know how long the winter will be. — Martha Gellhorn
beautiful December grapes, blue as plums, every grape a little skinful of sweet, tasteless water — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
I have forgotten much, but still remember The poinsiana's red, blood-red in warm December. — Claude McKay
You want to be playing your best in December and hopefully it'll carry over into January. — Philip Rivers
On cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow. — Alexander Pope
November Quotes
November Rain is a song about not wanting to be in a state of having to deal with unrequited love. — Axl Rose
Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils. — Cyril Connolly
I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. — Abraham Lincoln
Peering from some high window; at the gold of November sunset
(and feeling that if day has to become night this is a beautiful way). — E. E. cummings
Remember, remember the 5th of November. — Guy Fawkes
Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot. — Alan Moore
What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving? — Erma Bombeck
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November! — Thomas Hood
The day I found out, the day I got my mammogram and the doctor told me I had breast cancer, it was mid-November. — Victoria Gotti
One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989. — Nadia Comaneci
September Quotes
Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers' Day. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
People say, 'The government couldn't carry out the September 11th attack, it's too big, they'd get caught!' They DID get caught! They're just counting on you to be dumb and to go along with it. — Alex Jones
The Devil crept into Heaven, God overslept on the 7th,
The New World Order was born on September 11. — Immortal Technique
For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. — Edwin Way Teale
Do you remember the 21st night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretenders While chasing the clouds away Our hearts were ringing In the key that our souls were singing. As we danced in the night, Remember how the stars stole the night away. — Maurice White
There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others. — Linda Blair
Understand the causes of terror? Yes, we should try, but let there be no moral ambiguity about this: nothing could ever justify the events of September 11 and it is to turn justice on its head to pretend it could — Tony Blair
The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South. — James Weldon Johnson
Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger. — George W. Bush
The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. — Rudy Giuliani
August Quotes
If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer. — Saint John Chrysostom
Yeah, we held a junior carp tournament on the St. Lawrence River in New York last August. I hosted that along with a couple of other people. — Tom Felton
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,
All on a summer day:
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,
And took them quite away! — Lewis Carroll
On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam. — Hans Frank
August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad. — George Monbiot
Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun. — Kent Nerburn
Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001 are eligible for federally funded research. — Tom Allen
My timing’s a little off. But I’m about to get hotter than Jamaica in the middle of August. — David Ortiz
August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock. — Ichiro Suzuki
Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until last night, when withdrawal began. — Saddam Hussein
But when I look back I can't call myself unlucky. My 23rd birthday was December 14. In these years I have had more than most people get in a lifetime. — Ernie Davis
We host some trips all over the world. We go to Alaska. We go to Mexico. We're going to Venezuela in December. We've been to Russia, all in conjunction with the radio show. — Martin Milner
I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner. — Kenneth Blackwell
I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner. — Ken Blackwell
In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and as a consequence there is proclaimed, as a fundamental right, the right of free movement in search for truth and in the attainment of moral good and of justice, and also the right to a dignified life. — Pope John XXIII
Governments have actually tried to block early treatment of Covid patients, so we created a home patient guide. We broke through to the people, and the people who got sick with COVID called in to get medications from mail-order distribution pharmacies. So without the government even knowing what went on, we crushed the epidemic here in the United States towards the end of December and January. We basically took care of the pandemic with about 500 doctors and telemedicine services. And to this day we treat about 25 percent of the US COVID-19 population that actually are at high risk, over age 50 with medical problems or present with severe symptoms. And we basically handled the pandemic, and at the same time we’ve tried to keep ourselves above the political fray. — Peter A. McCullough
In its simplest form, investors sell losing stocks before the end of the current year, realizing losses that reduce the year’s income taxes. This behavior contributes to the so-called January effect where selling pressure in December further depresses the stock prices of the year’s losers, followed by a rebound and excessive performance in January. — Edward O. Thorp
What should we speak of When we are old as you? when we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December? how, In this our pinching cave, shall we discourse The freezing hours away? — William Shakespeare
The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian savior Mithra, who, as an incarnation of eternal light, was born the night of the winter solstice (then dated December 25) at midnight, the instant of the turn of the year from increasing darkness to light. — Joseph Campbell
As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC went through Oakland. To achieve your dreams as a team, you had to slay the Oakland Raiders. They were the barometer of what it took to be a championship team. — Joe Greene
Will you love me in December as you do in May,
Will you love me in the good old fashioned way?
When my hair has all turned gray,
Will you kiss me then and say,
That you love me in December as you do in May? — Jimmy Walker
I look on the opposite sex with something like the admiration with which I regard the starry sky on a frosty December night. I admire the beauty of the Creator's workmanship, I am charmed with the wild but graceful eccentricity of the motions, and then I wish both of them goodnight. — Robert Burns
The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December. — Paul Cellucci
I am a bit of a mother hen at Christmas! I always prepare in advance. It is the only way; otherwise, it can be really daunting. — Mary Berry
As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same. — Donald E. Westlake
The Lord IS my shepherd. Not was, not may be, nor will be. . . is my shepherd on Sunday, is on Monday, and is through every day of the week; is in January, is in December, and every month of the year, is at home, and is in China; is in peace, and is in war; in abundance, and in penury. — Hudson Taylor
One thing I learned from drinking is that if you ever go Christmas caroling, you should go with a group of people. And also go in mid-December. — Louis C. K.
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
'We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,'
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December. — Oliver Herford
The Christian Bible is a symbolic book, not a literal one. The one Christians know as Jesus was actually a symbol for the sun. Ancient sun worshippers believed the sun died at the end of the winter solstice and then three days later it would be reborn at the start of its cycle - December 25. — David Icke
I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right? — Catherine O'Hara
A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December. — Earl Weaver
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly, I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Leonore -
For the rare and radiant maiden who the angels name Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore. — Edgar Allan Poe
I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be. To relieve my indigestion in December they can try, But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie. — Edgar Guest
December 21, 2012 represents a unique opportunity for renaissance, renewal and reinvention that people have waited for for centuries. — Alberto Villoldo
Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban. — J. K. Rowling
The Mayans have predicted the world is supposed to end on December 21. If the world doesn't end on December 21, you can bet the next day the malls will be overrun with Mayans trying to buy last-minute gifts. — Jay Leno
In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again. — Barack Obama
November, I'll give thanks that you belong to me. December, you're the present beneath my Christmas tree. — Neil Sedaka
Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not merely a summer sun of the prosperous but a winter fire for the unfortunate. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, Thou art the present portion of Thy people, favour us this year with such a sense of Thy preciousness, that from its first to its last day we may be glad and rejoice in Thee. Let January open with joy in the Lord, and December close with gladness in Jesus. — Charles Spurgeon
Part of me was saying if you say that she's alive, what would everybody think? What are you going to tell everybody who followed you, who you've inspired? What are you going to say? I was scared. That's the truth. I was just scared, and I didn't know what to do. — Manti Te'o
In the words of the old song, it's a long time from May to December but, you know, it's an equally long time from December to May. — Jimmy Hill
Darkest of all Decembers ever has my life known, Sitting here by the embers, stunned, helpless, alone. — Mary Boykin Chesnut
The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot. By order summer lingers through September In Camelot. — Alan Jay Lerner
Just as a dancer, turning and turning, may fill the dusty light with the soft swirl of her flying skirts, our weeping willow -- now old and broken , creaking in the breeze -- turns slowly, slowly in the winter sun, sweeping the rusty roof of the barn with the pale blue lacework of her shadow. — Ted Kooser
On December 22, 1986, finding I was body positive, I set myself a target: I would disclose my secret and survive Margaret Thatcher. I did. Now I have set my sights on the millennium and a world where we are all equal. — Derek Jarman
In Conclusion
Why do we need to read December quotes? Because they are more than just words. They are nuggets of wisdom, carrying the potential to turn our perspective around. Born in December or not, these quotes resonate with everyone, reminding us to cherish the 31st December, the last day of the year, as much as we celebrate the 1st. Dear December, your quotes teach us to find happiness in the smallest moments, to appreciate the beauty of endings and beginnings, and to welcome the upcoming year with a heart full of hope. So, let's make every 31 December a happy December, using these quotes as our guiding light.
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