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
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Be an angel to someone else
whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help that another angel has
given you.—Eileen Elias Freeman
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One can pay back the loan
of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind.—Malayan
Proverb
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To give and then not feel
that you have given is the very best of all ways of giving.—Max Beerbohm
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It isn’t the size of the
gift that matters, but the size of the heart that gives it.—Eileen
Elias Freeman
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Christmas is most truly
Christmas when you celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need
it most.—Ruth Carter Stapleton
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It is one of the most
beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help
another without helping himself.—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is no greater joy nor
greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life.—Sister
Mary Rose McGeady
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We should make the Yuletide
season an occasion not merely for the giving of material things but an occasion
for the giving of that which counts infinitely more … the giving of self.—J.
C. Penney
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To celebrate the heart of
Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others.—Henry C. Link
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Of course, this is the
season to be jolly, but it is also a good time to be thinking about those who
aren’t.—Helen Valentine
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The Christmas
spirit—love—changes hearts and lives.—Pat Boone
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Nothing that I can do will
change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice I can help
the greatest of all causes—goodwill among men and peace on earth.—Albert
Einstein
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Christmas is not as much
about opening our presents as opening our hearts.—Janice Maeditere
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There is no ideal
Christmas; only the Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your
values, desires, affections, traditions.—Bill McKibben
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The spirit of Christmas
fulfills the greatest hunger of mankind.—Loring A. Schuler
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The world is large and
complex, and sometimes there seems to be no sacred ground. But in tent and
palace, in adobe hut and castle, in barrack prison and under lighted trees
across the land, the language of Christmas is universal.—Marcus Bach
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It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.—W. T. Ellis
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Christmas is
when love is king,
And love can do most anything!
—Unknown
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Mankind is a vast family
with people of all races and creeds. Each Christmas, as we reflect on God’s
love, we are reminded that we are brothers.—V. Kaskow
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Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merrymaking. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.—J. C. Penney
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Let us have
music for Christmas…
Sound the trumpet of joy and rebirth;
Let each of us try, with a song in our hearts,
To bring peace to men on earth.
—Mildred L. Jarrell
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Ask your children two
questions this Christmas. First: “What do you want to give to others for
Christmas?” Second: “What do you want for Christmas?” The first fosters
generosity of heart and an outward focus. The second can breed selfishness if
not tempered by the first.—Unknown
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Selfishness makes Christmas
a burden; love makes it a delight.—Unknown
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Christmas is
not in tinsel and lights and outward show.
The secret lies in an inner glow.
It’s lighting a fire inside the heart.
Good will and joy a vital part.
It’s higher thought and a greater plan.
It’s glorious dream in the soul of man.
—Wilfred A. Peterson
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’Tis not
enough that Christ was born
Beneath the star that shone,
And earth was set that holy morn
Within a golden zone.
He must be born within the heart
Before He finds a throne,
And brings the day of love and good,
The reign of Christlike brotherhood.
—Mary T. Lathrop