Category: Thought For The Day

Today’s quotes surround more of the spirit of this holiday season and what I believe to be is more about the true nature of Christmas…

“Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” (Ruth Carter Stapleton)

“Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas likes in your heart.” (The Polar Express)

“Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the 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. McDougall)

“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.” (Thomas S. Monson)

“The true Christmas spirit is putting others’ happiness before our own and finding you’ve never known such happiness.” (Toni Sorenson) 

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson

Today’s quotes sum up much of what I feel is at the core of the Christmas holiday season and spirit…

“I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.” (Norman Vincent Peale)

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” (Calvin Coolidge)

“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.” (Thomas S. Monson)

“The 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 McKibben)

“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” (Dr. Seuss)

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson

Today’s quotes follow on the heels of yesterday’s blog about all the many freedoms I often forget about here in the United States…

“May we think of freedom, not as the right do do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” (Peter Marshall)

“America is best described by one word, freedom.” (Dwight D Eisenhower)

“Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” (Ronald Reagan)

“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.” (Bob Marley)

“Freedom lies in being bold.” (Robert Frost)

“The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage.” (Thucydides)

Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson