Time-tos

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. –Peg Bracken, author

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, writer

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. –Charles M. Schultz, cartoonist

Christmas, my child, is love in action. –Dale Evans, actress, singer and songwriter

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. –Brother David Steindl-Rast

Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. –Lenore Hershey, author and editor

All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it! –Bob Newhart, actor

Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies. –Charles E. Jefferson, author and preacher

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world. –Helen Keller, author, activist and lecturer

God doesn’t require us to succeed; he only requires that you try. –Mother Teresa

We all have such a finite time to leave the world better than we found it. –Dave Kellett, cartoonist

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. –Helen Keller, author, activist and lecturer