They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
Calvin CoolidgeRead
There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men!
Interpretation
What this quote means
Christmas represents more than just celebration; it embodies the spirit of friendship and goodwill throughout the year.
In this quote, Calvin Coolidge emphasizes that the essence of Christmas transcends mere festivities like candlelight and cheer. It is rooted in deeper values such as friendship, kindness, thoughtfulness, and the hope for peace and understanding among people. The quote encourages reflection on the true spirit of the season, suggesting that these positive qualities should be embraced not just during Christmas but carried throughout the entire year.
Themes
ChristmasFriendshipGoodwillKindnessHopePeace
In practice
Example use cases
A speaker at a holiday gathering reminded everyone of the true meaning of Christmas using this quote.
More from Calvin Coolidge
All quotes βIt is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
Calvin CoolidgeRead
America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.
Calvin CoolidgeRead
No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. No plan of centralization has ever been adopted which did not result in bureaucracy, tyranny, inflexibility, reaction, and decline.
Calvin CoolidgeRead
Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
Calvin CoolidgeRead
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
Calvin CoolidgeRead
Similar quotes
So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living.
Paulo CoelhoRead
The Rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men.
Fulton J. SheenRead
But it is just two lovers, holding hands and in a hurry to reach their car, their locked hands a starfish leaping through the dark.
John UpdikeRead
Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.
Jane AustenRead
With love, there are no rules. The heart decides and what it decides is all that really matters.
Paulo CoelhoRead
There is some kiss we want with the whole of our lives.
RumiRead