Spiritual christmas quotes

◆ How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

- Benjamin Franklin100

◆ Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!

- Hamilton Wright Mabie99

◆ Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad.

- John Greenleaf Whittier99

◆ Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign.

- Christina G Rossetti99

◆ Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself.

- Francis C Farley99

◆ Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again.

- Grace Noll Crowell99

◆ Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God.

- George F McDougall99

◆ God sent a star to light the night for The Way, The Truth, The Life...His Son. He sent the Light of Life to prove His heart so we would invite His Son into our own. God has given us all the light we'll ever need to find peace on earth, goodwill to men.

- Pamela FDowd99

◆ Christ traded the comfort of the manger for the cruelty of the Cross.

- 99

◆ The giving of gifts is not something man invented. God started the giving spree when he gave a gift beyond words, the unspeakable gift of His Son.

- Robert Flatt99

◆ Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.

- Helen Steiner Rice99

◆ The Son of God became a man to enable men to become the sons of God.

- CS Lewis99

◆ This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.

- Frank McKibben99