December, the last month of the year, holds a unique essence marked by celebrations, reflections, and the anticipation of new beginnings. It's a time when we gather with loved ones, cherish old memories, and create new ones. This article celebrates December through quotes that encapsulate its spirit, showcasing inspirations from winter's charm to the festive magic of the holiday season. From pondering the passing year to embracing the new dawn, these quotes reflect the beauty, mystery, and nostalgia inherent in December.
Quotes about December's Winter Magic
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." - Albert Camus
"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness." - John Steinbeck
"To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold." - Aristotle
"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." - Edith Sitwell
"Winter forms our character and brings out our best." - Tom Allen
"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!" - Thomas Wentworth Higginson
"Snowflakes are kisses from heaven." - Unknown
"Winter is not a season, it's a celebration." - Anamika Mishra
"Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour." - John Boswell
"The color of springtime is in the flowers; the color of winter is in the imagination." - Terri Guillemets
"Everything is magical when snow is falling, the world is at peace." - Unknown
"A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder." - Susan Orlean
Quotes on Reflection and Resolutions
"December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come." - Fennel Hudson
"Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius." - Pietro Aretino
"The New Year begins in a snow-storm of white vows." - George William Curtis
"Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." - Carl Bard
"Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us." - Hal Borland
"For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice." - T.S. Eliot
"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul." - G.K. Chesterton
"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." - Oprah Winfrey
"This year, be structured enough for success and achievement and flexible enough for creativity and fun." - Taylor Duvall
"Embrace the glorious mess that you are." - Elizabeth Gilbert
"The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all." - Josiyah Martin
"Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
Quotes Celebrating Holiday Festivities
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." - Norman Vincent Peale
"Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day." - Helen Steiner Rice
"Blessed is the season that engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." - Hamilton Wright Mabie
"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear." - Will Ferrell as Buddy in Elf
"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree." - Roy L. Smith
"Christmas is the day that holds all time together." - Alexander Smith
"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Charles Dickens
"Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind." - Mary Ellen Chase
"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas." - Peg Bracken
"Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us." - David Cameron
"Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality." - Washington Irving
"At Christmas, all roads lead home." - Marjorie Holmes
Quotes about Family and Togetherness
"The love of family and the admiration of friends are much more important than wealth and privilege." - Charles Kuralt
"Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches." - Wanda Hope Carter
"Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten." - David Ogden Stiers
"The family is one of nature’s masterpieces." - George Santayana
"Being part of a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life." - Unknown
"In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"The most important thing in the world is family and love." - John Wooden
"Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter." - Brad Henry
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." - Jane Howard
"To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there." - Barbara Bush
"The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family." - Lee Iacocca
"A happy family is but an earlier heaven." - George Bernard Shaw
Quotes Embracing New Beginnings
"Every moment is a fresh beginning." - T.S. Eliot
"New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings." - Lao Tzu
"Be willing to be a beginner every single morning." - Meister Eckhart
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot
"The beginning is the most important part of the work." - Plato
"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change." - Jim Rohn
"Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations." - Catherine Pulsifer
"Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings." - Ralph Blum
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end." - Seneca
"Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming." - Mike Dooley
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Quotes Inspired by December's Endings
"Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful." - Hazrat Inayat Khan
"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." - A.A. Milne
"Every goodbye is the birth of a memory." - Dutch Proverb
"A sunset is nothing more and nothing less than the backside of a sunrise." - Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too." - Beau Taplin
"The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on." - Omar Khayyam
"Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss
"Endings are not always bad. Most times they’re just beginnings in disguise." - Kim Harrison
"You start with a dream, and you do what you can not to sabotage it." - Jenny Slate
"If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance." - George Bernard Shaw
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
"Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow." - William Shakespeare
Quotes Capturing the Essence of December
"December is a time to close chapters and open hearts." - Unknown
"No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again." - Buddha
"In December, we had the hope of spring." - Amanda Steele
"Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future." - Robert H. Schuller
"December's wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer's memory..." - John Geddes
"Winter is not a season, it's a celebration." - Anamika Mishra
"What is December but the sign of a new beginning?" - Unknown
"The December sky is like a Christmas story, shimmering with stars up above." - Unknown
"In December, hearts are warm even when the weather is cold." - Unknown
"The outdoor Christmas lights always match the mood of December." - Unknown
"Only in December does the world seem to slow down, taking time to rest and reflect." - Unknown
"The beauty of December is in its endings about new beginnings." - Unknown
Quotes on Gratefulness and Giving
"Gratitude turns what we have into enough." - Anonymous
"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift." - Pierre Corneille
"To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love." - Oscar Wilde
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston S. Churchill
"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas." - Peg Bracken
"Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege." - John D. Rockefeller Jr.
"Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have." - Jim Rohn
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little." - Plato
"Generosity consists not in the sum given, but in the manner in which it is bestowed." - Unknown
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all the others." - Cicero
"You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." - John Bunyan
"Give cheerfully and freely. It is the energy behind the giving that matters so do not give grudgingly." - David A. Hill
Quotes Signifying Hope and Dreams
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." - Desmond Tutu
"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope." - Martin Luther
"Courage, dear heart." - C.S. Lewis
"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore." - William Faulkner
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars." - Les Brown
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." - Albert Camus
"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul—and sings the tunes without the words—and never stops at all." - Emily Dickinson
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." - William James
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." - Harriet Tubman
"Hope is a waking dream." - Aristotle
Quotes on Life's Journey Through December
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." - Helen Keller
"Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home." - Matsuo Basho
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’" - Martin Luther King Jr.
"The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything." - Frank Sinatra
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
"There are no mistakes, only opportunities." - Tina Fey
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." - Helen Keller
"We do not remember days, we remember moments." - Cesare Pavese
"Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans." - Allen Saunders
Final words
December symbolizes the closing of a chapter and the anticipation of new beginnings. With its wintry charm and festive spirit, it offers an opportunity to reflect, express gratitude, and prepare for transformation. This mosaic of quotes serves as inspiration during this meaningful time of year, urging us to embrace the warmth of togetherness, ponder our journey, and dream of what’s possible. Each pearl of wisdom encourages us to live fully, cherish every moment, and extend kindness to those around us, as we bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new with hope and enthusiasm. Through December's lens, we can appreciate the duality of endings and beginnings, a universal theme that resonates within us all.
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