"Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them."

--Thomas Kinkade, American painter

"Christmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation but as a human family."

--Ronald Reagan

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

--Garrison Keillor

"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