When people are inspired, they achieve more than they ever thought possible. — Michael Abrashoff
Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny. — William E. Gladstone
Christmas is not just a day, an event to be observed and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives. — William Parks
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. — Hamilton Wright Mabie
A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead. — Abraham Polonsky
To be inspired is the ultimate antidote to existential despair. — Jason Silva
Short Inspirational Holiday Quotes
Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired — Richard Kemp
We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365. — Mary Martin
Inspiration the seed. Design but the flower. — Michael Langham
Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind. — Johannes Brahms
By far for me the most important thing is inspiration. — Jay-Z
We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen. — James Redfield
Whenever inspiration won’t find you, you have to find it. — Jay-Z
Good art inspires; Good design motivates. — Otl Aicher
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind. — Helen Steiner Rice
Live every day as if it is a festival. Turn your life into a celebration — Shri Radhe Maa
Inspirational Holiday Image Quotes
I knew when I met you an adventure is going to happen.
Holiday Quotes
Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love. — Barbara Jordan
We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ.
The greater truth of the holiday is His deity.
More astonishing than a baby in the manger is the truth that this promised baby
is the omnipotent Creator of the heavens and the earth! — John F. MacArthur
I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it. — Johnny Depp
Just because my path is different doesn't mean I'm lost.
Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. — Johnny Carson
I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play-
I dropped the worry on the way-
And God was good to me everyday. — John D. Rockefeller
Halloween is a liberal holiday because we're teaching our children to beg for something for free. … We're teaching kids to knock on other people's doors and ask for a handout. — Sean Hannity
Fear has two meanings - Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.
For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. — Charles Dickens
The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping. — Douglas Bader
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. — Anna Quindlen
Positive Holiday Quotes
To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To you, respect. — Oren Arnold
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
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. — Oren Arnold
For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. — William Jewett Tucker
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. — William Thomas Ellis
New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive. — Jay Leno
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly." ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist. — Andy Rooney
'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet,
Could we bestow the gifts we get,
And keep the ones we give away,
How happy were our Christmas day! — Carolyn Wells
Be merry all, be merry all,
With holly dress the festive hall;
Prepare the song, the feast, the ball,
To welcome merry Christmas. — William Spencer
Well, another female child is born into the world! Last Sunday afternoon, Harriot Eaton Stanton - oh! the little heretic thus to desecrate that holy holiday - opened her soft blue eyes on this mundane sphere. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Holidays Quotes
Looking forward to holidays takes the joy out of everyday. — Naval Ravikant
April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees. — Yip Harburg
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. — Peg Bracken
I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and there's nothing fancy about it. — Julie Delpy
Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics. — Marvin Olasky
My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved. — Honor Blackman
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you. — Mother Teresa
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? — Bob Hope
Christmas Holiday Quotes
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
Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united. — Norman Vincent Peale
Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. — Taylor Caldwell
Christmas is the day that holds all time together. — Alexander Smith
When I think of how special Anfield is and how special Liverpool is, everywhere around the world everyone is talking about Liverpool, it is because of the fan base. — John W. Henry
I stay in the house almost all the time and only go out by gondola or carriage, for the pain in my chest or the narrowness of the chest prevents me from walking. — Antonio Vivaldi
Christmas: It's the only religious holiday that's also a federal holiday. That way, Christians can go to their services, and everyone else can sit at home and reflect on the true meaning of the separation of church and state. — Samantha Bee
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you...yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand. — Mother Teresa
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. — Shirley Temple
Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. — Jimmy Cannon
Christian Inspirational Quotes
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle
If you are not concerned about your neighbor's salvation, then I am concerned for yours. — Ray Comfort
The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. — Reinhard Bonnke
Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials. — Smith Wigglesworth
Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody; forty years learning he was nobody; and forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody. — Dwight L. Moody
If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? — David Livingstone
We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right. — Ravi Zacharias
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation. — Clare of Assisi
If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest. — Corrie Ten Boom
Holiday Traditions Quotes
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. — Clement Clarke Moore
Not a creature was stirring, not even an elf. — Charlaine Harris
Happy Cinco de Mayo! It’s a holiday that’s as respectful of Mexican traditions as Epcot Center’s Mexican food pavilion. — Conan O'Brien
There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. — Bill McKibben
Its Christmas Eve! Its the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be. — Bill Murray
The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. — O. Henry
The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting. — Louisa May Alcott
Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I lost everything in the post-natal depression. — Erma Bombeck
Every religion ... has rituals, practices, holy writings or traditions, etc. Nothing like that has ever developed from Atheism. There are no holy men, holidays or holy books and no agreed-upon canons of faith. In fact, the only thing you can get some Atheists to agree upon is that there is no god. — Darrel Ray
Holiday Love Quotes
The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love. — John of the Cross
Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves. — Eric Sevareid
I love oldies just kind of sweet, slinky, Fifties music. The slow stuff. And Billie Holiday. — Nastassja Kinski
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas. — William Carey Jones
I always try to describe making movies like summer camp, or some holiday where you spend all day, every day with a new group of people whom you kind of love and then never see again. — Eddie Redmayne
Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so you can fit your head in the oven. — April Winchell
I love the Christmas-tide, and yet,
I notice this, each year I live;
I always like the gifts I get,
But how I love the gifts I give! — Carolyn Wells
I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. — Charles Dickens
Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. — Pope John XXIII
Holiday Thoughts Quotes
Self-care isn’t just holidays and massages. It’s working on your habits, mindset and healing your past. It’s removing toxic thoughts, people and places in your life. It’s living intentionally, purposefully and consciously. — Jay Shetty
I send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home. — Edward Rowland Sill
O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine!
To fold a world in the embrace of God! — Guy Wetmore Carryl
Great little One! whose all-embracing birth
Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. — Richard Crashaw
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. — Charles M. Schulz
Roses are reddish
Violets are bluish
If it weren't for Christmas
We'd all be Jewish. — Benny Hill
I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be. — Walter F. Mondale
Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide bound hearts. — Lenora Mattingly Weber
[Christmas] holidays are a heavy, heavy time. We make light of them with our red and green and our stockings and candy canes, but people think heavy thoughts over the holidays because that's when you're thinking about family. Are we close? Or are we not as close as other people? — Augusten Burroughs
Winter Holiday Quotes
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. — Anne Bradstreet
We feel the chill north winds coarse through the home despite the locked and bolted doors this is winter, which nonetheless brings its own delights. — Antonio Vivaldi
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
To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance. — Phillip Adams
Many Americans celebrate both Christmas and Xmas. Others celebrate one or the other. And some of us celebrate holidays that, although unconnected with the [winter] solstice, occur near it: Ramadan, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. — John Silber
Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I do like Christmas on the whole.... In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill. But it is clumsier every year. — E. M. Forster
Part of my passion for all things Christmas is seeing my holiday stuff again every December. I suppose I do have more than most folks, so the reunion each winter keeps me in the holiday spirit for a full year. And there are always a few pieces out in my house whatever the month. — Mary Engelbreit
Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times. — Kate Langley Bosher
Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. — Bruce Lee
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. — Pablo Picasso
I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work. — Augusta Savage
Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling. — Vincent Van Gogh
Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it. — Kathleen Norris
The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants. — Gichin Funakoshi
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. — Bruce Lee
I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday. — Tom Hodgkinson
I just want to be happy. You know what I’m saying? I just want to be happy, and I want to be able to make somebody else happy. — Puff Daddy
After an international break you do not know if they are in the frame of mind to come back and do the things necessary to win this league. — Mikel Arteta
Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you. Thinking of you this holiday season! — T.A. Barron
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking. — Earl Wilson
The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other. — Johnny Carson
Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. — Kin Hubbard
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. — Bill Vaughan
There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. — O. Henry
My normal life is like being on holiday. — Valentino Garavani
The only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. — Helen Keller
Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. — Joan Winmill Brown
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. — Phillips Brooks
In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails. — Saint Augustine
He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; He who makes one is a fool. — Farquhar McGillivray Knowles
I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me. — Anais Nin
Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing. — Grace Noll Crowell
The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others. — Deepak Chopra
Only in souls the Christ is brought to birth,
And there He lives and dies. — Alfred Noyes
God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings. — Edwin Percy Whipple
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