30 Short Inspirational Christmas Quotes to Brighten Your Holiday Spirit

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."

- Pope Francis

"It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you."

- Mother Teresa

"I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas. It brings people together while time stands still."

- Rachel Cohn

"Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree."

- Charlotte Carpenter

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more!"

- How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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

- J.L.W. Brooks

"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

"Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."

- Dale Evans

"Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night."

- John J. Geddes

"It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."

- Mother Theresa

"The son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

- C.S. Lewis

"All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ."

- David Jeremiah

"Christmas enters, streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope and singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air."

- Maya Angelou

"Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man."

- Robert Hughes

"Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas."

- Dale Evans

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

- Hamilton Wright Mabie

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

- Norman Vincent Peale

"Christmas will always be, as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand."

- Dr. Seuss

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

- Charles M. Schulz

"When we remember a special Christmas, it is not the presents that made it special, but the laughter, the feeling of love, and the togetherness of friends and family that made that Christmas special."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn."

- Placide Cappeau

"Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more."

- Dr. Seuss

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

- Agnes M. Pahro

"When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy."

- Matthew 2:10

"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."

- Peg Bracken

"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

- Washington Irving

"Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people."

- Luke 2:10

"Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King."

- Joy to the World

"The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious."

- Martin Luther

"Christmas is forever – not just for one day. For loving, sharing, and giving are not to put away."

- Norman Wesley Brooks

"Blessed are those who give without remembering and receive without forgetting."

- Elizabeth Bibesco

"Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind."

- Valerie S. McCullough

"Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart."

- The Polar Express

"Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold."

- Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

"For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself."

- Charles Dickens

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

- Agnes M. Pahro

"Christmas may be a day of feasting or of prayer, but always, it will be a day of remembrance — a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved."

- Augusta E. Randel

"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

"My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?"

- Bob Hope

"If you hitch your wagon to a star, be sure it’s the Star of Bethlehem."

- Spencer Walton

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree."

- Roy L. Smith

"This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone."

- Taylor Caldwell

"Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us."

- David Cameron

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."

- Edna Ferber

"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."

- W.T. Ellis

"Christmas is… a chance for us to connect with people who don’t normally go to church… Make your best stuff. Take some chances. This is your moment."

- Stephen Brewster

"When we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans—and all that lives and move upon them."

- Sigrid Undset

"The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you."

- Sherryl Woods

"Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together."

- Rosie Thomas

"A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!"

- Charles Dickens

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

- Buddy the Elf

"We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime."

- Laura Ingalls Wilder

"Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer — home."

- W.J. Tucker

"Let us keep Christmas beautiful Without a thought of greed, That it might live forevermore To fill our every need."

- Ann Schultz

"Christmas is not just a time for festivity & merry making. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things."

- J.C. Penny

"That it shall not be just a day, But last a lifetime through, The miracle of Christmastime That brings God close to you."

- Ann Schultz

"Christmas now surrounds us, happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air."

- Shirley Sallay

"A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away."

- Eva Logue

"Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room."

- Nora Roberts

"For me growing up, Christmas was always just comforting."

- Carrie Underwood

"Christmas is not about what we need to DO but rather what has already been DONE."

- Jennifer Steinbrueck

"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together."

- Garrison Keillor

"Best of all are the decorations the grandchildren have made — fat little stars and rather crooked Santas, shaped out of dough and baked in the oven."

- Gladys Bagg Taber

"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood."

- Richard Paul Evans

"Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"

- Charlie Brown

"We’re gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas."

- Clark Griswold

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall."

- Larry Wilde

"I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month."

- Harlan Miller

"It’s fruitcake weather!"

- Truman Capote

"It's Christmas Eve. It's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more."

"This year, may your Christmas truly be white instead of leaving you in the red."

"Let’s approach Christmas with an expectant hush, rather than a last-minute rush."