"The rose is fairest when it is budding new, and hope is brightest when it dawns from fears."
- Sir Walter Scott
Hope
"Look back and smile on perils past!"
- Sir Walter Scott
Reflection
"I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time? The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?"
- Sir Walter Scott
Gratitude
"Autumn is the time of picturesque tranquility."
- Sir Walter Scott
Peace
"November's sky is chill and drear, November's leaf is red and sear."
- Sir Walter Scott
Nature
"The true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart."
Spirituality
"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."
- W.T. Ellis
Spirituality
"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
Spirituality
"Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King."
- Joy to the World
Spirituality
"Christmas magic is silent. You don't hear it–you feel it. You know it. You believe it."
- Kevin Alan Milne
Spirituality