Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

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"Out of difficulties grow miracles."

- Jean de La Bruyère

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"Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do."

- Jean de La Bruyère

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"There is no better excess in the world than the excess of gratitude."

- Jean de La Bruyère

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

- Charles M. Schulz

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"Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."

- Dale Evans

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

- Peg Bracken

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"As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

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"For it is in giving that we receive."

- Francis of Assisi

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