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20 Inspiring Christmas Quotes

May these Christmas quotes from Dolly Parton, Charles M. Schulz, Maya Angelou and others bring you joy.

Whether you’re filled with Christmas spirit or need a reminder of the joys of the season, we hope these Christmas quotes bring you lots of holiday cheer.

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1 of 20 Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

—Norman Vincent Peale

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2 of 20 Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

—Dale Evans

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3 of 20 Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

—Taylor Caldwell

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4 of 20 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.

—Andy Rooney

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5 of 20 Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

—Charles M. Schulz

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6 of 20 The Christmas tree is a symbol of love, not money. There's a kind of glory to them when they're all lit up that exceeds anything all the money in the world could buy.

—Andy Rooney

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7 of 20 “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”

—a quote from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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8 of 20 Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united.

—Norman Vincent Peale


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9 of 20 Good news from heaven the angels bring, Glad tidings to the earth they sing: To us this day a child is given, To crown us with the joy of heaven.

—Martin Luther

 

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10 of 20 Joy is a choice before it becomes a feeling.

—Faith Broussard Cade, Counselor, speaker and author

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11 of 20 On Christmas Day, when our “family gathers around the table, we’ll bow our heads to say grace, thankful for the food before us and for the best gift the Lord ever gave us, each other.

—Dolly Parton

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12 of 20 Where there is great love there are always miracles.

—Willa Cather

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13 of 20 All we need to do is to tell the Christmas story, sing the old Christmas songs, keep on living the good, old Christmas spirit, and by and by we will have joy and happiness and peace in this world.

—Norman Vincent Peale

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14 of 20 The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self.

—Richard Paul Evans, Author of The Christmas Box

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15 of 20 In the midst of the shopping and the wrapping and the arranging of presents under your tree this Christmas, may you not forget the gifts you cannot yet hold in your hands.

—T.D. Jakes

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16 of 20 I have found that among its other benefi ts, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

—Maya Angelou

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17 of 20 The magical dust of Christmas glittered on the cheeks of humanity ever so briefl y, reminding us of what is worth having and what we were intended to be.

—Max Lucado

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18 of 20 Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.

—BrenÉ Brown, professor, researcher and author

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19 of 20 Seeing isn’t believing. Believing is seeing.

—Judy the Elf from The Santa Clause

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20 of 20 Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

—Washington Irving

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