40 quotes to brighten your holiday season

It is the most wonderful time of the year! It goes without saying that I love this holiday season. As an educator, although summer break is a great relaxing time for me when I get to stay home for 10 weeks, the 2 weeks of winter break are extra special due to the holiday spirit. It is also the time when the year comes to an end and everyone is hopeful for a new year coming up. Today’s blog post is about holiday quotes to brighten your days and weeks ahead.

The holiday season brings so much joy, family time (or travel), and gratitude. It is the perfect time to count your blessings, give back to the community, be thankful and have an attitude of gratitude. There is cheer, happiness, and hope everywhere. Colorful lighting in homes as well as entire neighborhood bring beauty to the eyes as well as heart.

This season is also a perfect time to make beautiful memories with families and friends. We love to travel and have done multiple road trips over the years. For more information, read this post about our road trip experiences. Due to the pandemic we stayed at home last year, so the last winter break trip for us was in December 2019 when we went to Walt Disney World in Florida.

Holiday quotes

Below are few holiday quotes and sayings I find close to my heart this holiday season. Read on 40 quotes to brighten your holiday season-

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

Hamilton Mabie

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

Nora Roberts

Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.

Pope John XXIII

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

Mother Theresa

Find the sweetness in this holiday season. Embrace the endless love that surrounds you.

Amy Mercree

A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.

John B. Priestley

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.

Oprah Winfrey

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others.

Bob Hope

Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.

Edna Ferber

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

Rainer Maria Rilke

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Edward Pola & George Wyle

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

W. C. Jones

Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

Pindar

The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.

Richard Evans

 Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it—you feel it. You know it. You believe it.

Kevin Milne

It’s easy to forget that life is the greatest gift of all.

Karli Perrin

Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

Carlos Zafon

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

Washington Irving

Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.

Chris Allsburg

The holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on our blessings and seek out ways to make life better for those around us.

Anonymous

Love the giver more than the gift.

Brigham Young

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

Jackson Brown, Jr.

A holiday is an opportunity to journey within.

Prabhas

A gift for the holidays? A holiday is a gift in itself.

Ljupka Cvetanova

Holidays- any holiday-are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together.

Lidia Bastianich

The holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on our blessings and seek out ways to make life better for those around us.

Terri Marshall

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

Mehmet Murat ildan

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

Anamika Mishra

As we look to the new year, hold on to what is good. Let go of what is bad. It really is that simple.

Mandy Hale

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. Wishing you happiness.

Helen Keller

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

Taylor Caldwell

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

Mary Ellen Chase

Happiness is there for the taking, and the making.

Oprah Winfrey

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

William Arthur Ward

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

Amy Adams

Small cheer and great welcome make a merry feast.

William Shakespeare

Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.

Helen Rice

During the holiday season, in fact all year long, wrap yourself around another’s presence, not presents.

Christine E. Szymanski

There’s something about a holiday that isn’t all about how much money you spend.

Hilarie Burton

The success of a holiday depends on what you find for yourself on the spot, not what you bring with you.

Ellis Peters

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Wrap Up

To summarize, this holiday season let us all be a little more thankful, humble, and kind so we are able to spread the cheer a little more and farther. It is the most wonderful time of the year and I hope these holiday quotes make you smile and look forward to the holidays just a little bit more 🙂

Dear readers, we would love to hear from you. Do you have a favorite holiday quote? Which one/s do you resonate with most from my list? Please comment below or send an email to nishtha@dawnandhope.com

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