December's Inspirational Quotes: A Collection to Brighten Your Month

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home."

- Edith Sitwell

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."

- Maya Angelou

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

- Christian D. Larson

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Oliver Goldsmith

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

- Peter Drucker

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"I heard a bird sing in the dark of December. A magical thing and sweet to remember."

- Oliver Herford

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle."

- Steve Jobs

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."

- Paulo Coelho

"The only person who can pull you down is you, and the only way you can do that is by giving up."

- Rachel Hollis

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any."

- Alice Walker

"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life."

- Steve Jobs

"As we look to the new year, hold on to what is good, let go of what isn’t, and embrace the possibilities that lie ahead."

- Oprah Winfrey

"And last December drear, with piteous low-drooped head. In a voice of desolation, crying out, ‘The year is dead. And so, with changeful gear, with smile or frown or song, the months, in strange variation, are ever gliding along.’"

- Edgar Fawcett

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. That’s how you win."

- Muhammad Ali

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."

- Hamilton Wright Mabie

"Wisdom comes with winters."

- Oscar Wilde

"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."

- Hal Borland

"December is a time for remembering the past and reaching toward the future."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Don't count the days; make the days count."

- Muhammad Ali

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

- George Eliot

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

- Albert Camus

"Let December be the month to finish what you started back in January when you were filled with excitement and possibility."

- Danielle Dahl

"Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’"

- Alfred, Lord Tennyson

"Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection."

- Winston Churchill

"Let all the failures of your past year be your best guide in the New Year."

- Mehmet Murat ildan

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right."

- Oprah Winfrey

"It's the most wonderful time of the year."

- Andy Williams

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

- Albert Camus

"Do your heart and head keep pace? When does hoary Love expire, When do frosts put out the fire? Can its embers burn below All that chill December snow?"

- Edmund Clarence Stedman

"There is no innovation and creativity without failure."

- Brené Brown

"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."

- Oprah Winfrey

"People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we do it every day."

- Zig Ziglar

"Your life is your story. Write it well. Edit it often."

- Susan B. Anthony

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart."

- Helen Keller

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

- Lao Tzu

"December’s wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer’s memory."

- John J. Geddes

"The color of springtime is flowers; the color of winter is in our imagination."

- Terri Guillemets

"To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold."

- Aristotle

"Winter is a season of recovery and preparation."

- Paul Theroux

"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor."

- Charles Dickens

"Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration."

- Anamika Mishra

"To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold."

- Aristotle

"Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude."

- William Shakespeare

"Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever."

- Richelle E. Goodrich

"Joy is not in things; it is in us."

- Richard Wagner

"The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays."

- W. C. Jones

"Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever."

- Walt Disney

"The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler than his fellow who enjoys the fixed smile of the tropics."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."

- John Burroughs

"The shortest day has passed, and whatever nastiness of weather we may look forward to in January and February, at least we notice that the days are getting longer."

- V. Sackville-West

"Yet my heart loves December’s smile as much as July’s golden beam; then let us sit and watch the while the blue ice curdling on the stream."

- Emily Brontë

"There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus."

- Bob Phillips

"It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready."

- Sarah Kay

"May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility."

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."

- John Steinbeck

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home."

- Edith Sitwell

"What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future."

- Agnes M. Pahro

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

- Norman Vincent Peale

"What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year."

- Vern McLellan

"Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts."

- J.L.W. Brooks

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."

- Burton Hills

"December is a magical time of the year, with all the Christmas lights and the snow. It’s like a fairytale."

- Brittany Murphy

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."

- Hal Borland

"Of all the months of the year there is not a month one half so welcome to the young, or so full of happy associations, as the last month of the year."

- Charles Dickens

"Who is not a love seeker when December comes? Even children pray to Santa Claus."

- Rod McKuen

"May your walls know joy. May every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility."

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Kindness is like snow—it beautifies everything it covers."

- Kahlil Gibran

"A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal."

- Steve Maraboli

"The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up."

- Mark Twain

"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone."

- Charles M. Schulz

"December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come."

- Fennel Hudson

"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?"

- John Steinbeck

"Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity."

- Novala Takemoto

"Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour."

- John Boswell

"When snow falls, nature listens."

- Lama Willa Miller

"The crisp path through the field in this December snow, in the deep dark, where we trod the buried grass like ghosts on dry toast."

- Dylan Thomas

"In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, and heavy harvests nod beneath the snow."

- Alexander Pope

"A friend is a gift you give yourself."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

"A bare tree stands with roots on both ends in December days."

- Kiran Bantawa

"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!"

- Thomas Wentworth Higginson

"Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius."

- Pietro Aretino

"May and October, the best-smelling months? I’ll make a case for December; evergreen, frost, wood smoke, cinnamon."

- Lisa Kleypas

"Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning, but a going on."

- Hal Borland

"Christmas is a time when you get homesick—even when you’re home."

- Carol Nelson

"At Christmas, all roads lead home."

- Marjorie Holmes

"I find that it’s the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays."

- Amy Adams

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear."

- Buddy the Elf

"December has the clarity, the simplicity, and the silence you need for the best fresh start of your life."

- Vivian Swift

"Winter forms our character and brings out our best."

- Tom Allen

"Chill December brings the sleet, blazing fire, and Christmas treat."

- Sara Coleridge

"Welcome winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless."

- Terri Guillemets

"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy."

- William Blake

"Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation."

- Sinclair Lewis

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer."

- Walter Scott

"The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination."

- Terri Guillemets

"Every mile is two in winter."

- George Herbert

"December is a time to honor the past, cherish the present, and embrace the endless possibilities that lie ahead."

- Unknown

"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."

"As we close one chapter and open another, let us reflect on the lessons learned, the memories cherished, and the dreams we hold dear."

- Unknown

"December reminds us that even in the darkest of times, there is always a glimmer of light, a spark of hope, that can guide us towards a brighter future."

- Unknown

"May the spirit of December fill your heart with joy, your home with laughter, and your life with blessings beyond measure."

- Unknown

"As the year draws to a close, remember that it’s not about the destination, but the journey. Embrace the experiences, cherish the memories, and celebrate the growth you have achieved."

- Unknown

"As the year winds down, remember that it’s never too late to start anew. Embrace the opportunity to reinvent yourself, pursue your passions, and create a life that aligns with your deepest desires."

- Unknown

"December is a time to reflect on the seeds you have planted, nurture the dreams you hold dear, and watch as they blossom into a future filled with joy and fulfillment."

- Unknown

"May the spirit of December ignite your inner fire, fuel your ambition, and empower you to transform your dreams into reality."

- Unknown

"December is a time for gratitude. Reflect on the people, experiences, and blessings that have filled your life with joy and meaning."

- Unknown

"May the spirit of December inspire you to be a beacon of light, spreading joy, compassion, and hope to all those you encounter."

"December is a month of lights, snow, coziness, and feasts; time to make amends and tie up loose ends; finish what you started and make your wishes come true."

- Unknown

"December brings the promise of new beginnings and the chance to start fresh. Embrace the change and let it guide you towards a brighter future."

- Unknown

"As the year winds down, take some time to reflect on your accomplishments, learn from your mistakes, and set intentions for the year to come."

- Unknown

"Let the spirit of December ignite your heart, warm your soul, and fill your life with joy and laughter."

- Unknown

"The future lies before you, like a field of fallen snow; be careful how you tread it, for every step will show."

"December: a month of cold air and warm hearts."

"December is a fitting month to find contentment in our hearts and joy in our homes."

"Even in the bleakest winter, there is always light."

"December is full of the beauty of the holiday season, the excitement of a new year, and the simplicity of wintertime."

"December, the last month of the year, brings a time to close chapters and start anew."

"December is a month of lights, snow, and feasts; time to make amends and tie loose ends; finish off what you started and hope your wishes come true."

"We all need a quiet, reflective space before welcoming in a new year."

"December is the month to turn your dreams into reality."

"December is the month to finish what you’ve started and begin anew."

"December: A month of lights, snow, coziness, and feasts; time to make amends and tie up loose ends; finish what you started and make your wishes come true."

"May your days be merry and bright."

"Finish the year strong. December is your chance to make it happen."

"Let the magic of December inspire you to reach new heights."

"Believe in yourself this December and achieve the impossible."

"The end of December is a time to reflect on what we’ve achieved and set goals for the future."

"May December bring you countless blessings and endless joy."

"December is a time for blessings and gratitude. Cherish each moment."

"Wishing you a December filled with love, peace, and blessings."

"May the blessings of December be upon you and your loved ones."

"December is a month to count your blessings and spread happiness."

"Let the blessings of December fill your heart with joy and love."

"As the year ends, let December be a reminder of how far we’ve come."

"Reflect on the past year as December draws to a close."

"Let December be the month you pursue your dreams relentlessly."

"As December ends, may you find peace and reflection in the year gone by."

"Stay motivated this December and make every day count."

"December is your opportunity to close the year on a high note."

"Keep pushing forward. December is your time to shine."

"As December comes to a close, cherish the memories and look forward to the future."

"Stay focused and determined. December is the final stretch."

"In December, we find the light that has been hiding in the shadows."

"Cheers to December!"

"Happy December 1st! Wishing you a month full of joy and miracles."

"December, the month of joy, happiness, and to finish what you started."

"Good morning, December! Let’s make this month unforgettable."

"Wake up and embrace the magic of December mornings."

"December magic is in the air."

"December: a month of celebration."

"December: the month of joy."

"December dreams come true."

"Welcome, December!"

"December blessings."

"December: a time to reflect."

"Hello, winter. Hello, December."

"December: the month when your wallet is empty but your heart is full."

"Every end is a new beginning."

"The world changes when we change our perspective."

"Every December, I am reminded how blessed I am to see another year drawing to a close."

"Christmas is a magical time of year… I just watched all my money magically disappear."

"December is the month of miracles. Like, getting through the month without gaining weight."

"I’m only a morning person on December 25th."

"December is a simple wish that brings spectacular moments."

"December is a month of lights, snow, and feasts; a time to make amends and tie up loose ends; a time to finish what you started and hope your dreams come true."

"Baby, it's cold outside."

"The magic of Christmas is in the air when you’re with family."

"Being with family and friends is the real gift of Christmas."

"May the spirit of December fill your work with passion, purpose, and the unwavering belief that you can achieve anything you set your mind to."

"In December, people give generously, love deeply, and reflect on the beauty of togetherness."

"December is the hold-your-breath month of the year."

"The world changes when it snows."

"The light of winter is the poetry of patience."