Top 20 Holiday Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.”

— Hans Christian Andersen

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Moving Quotes, Travel Quotes

2. “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”

— Charles Dickens

Also featured in: Inspirational Christmas Quotes, December Quotes, Christmas Quotes

3. “Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Joy Quotes, Family Quotes

4. “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!”

— Charles Dickens

Also featured in: Philosophical Quotes, Past Quotes, Inspirational Christmas Quotes

5. “God bless us, every one!”

— Charles Dickens

Also featured in: Empathy Quotes, Thankful Quotes, Blessed Family Quotes

6. “Once a year go somewhere you have never been before.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes

7. “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life”

— Michael Palin

Also featured in: Journey Quotes, Travel Quotes, Funny Inspirational Quotes, Quotes About the World

8. “Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”

— Calvin Coolidge

Also featured in: Positive Short Quotes, Inspirational Christmas Quotes, December Quotes

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

— Helen Steiner Rice

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Happy Quotes, Inspirational Christmas Quotes, December Quotes

10. “Paris is always a good idea.”

— Audrey Hepburn

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Cute Quotes, Different Quotes, Romantic Quotes, Travel Quotes

11. “Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.”

— Dale Evans

Also featured in: Kindness Quotes, Quotes About Giving, Love Is Quotes, Quotes About Children, Marriage Quotes

12. “We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365.”

— Mary Martin

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Happy Quotes, Quotes About Trying, December Quotes

13. “Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.”

— Ruth Carter Stapleton

Also featured in: Helping Others Quotes, Quotes About Giving, December Quotes, Christmas Quotes

14. “Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!”

— Neil Gaiman

Also featured in: Quotes About Books And Reading, Storytelling Quotes, Imagination Quotes, Quotes About Giving, Joy Quotes

15. “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Quotes About Hope

16. “Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Optimism Quotes

17. “God bless America, land that I love.”

— Irving Berlin

Also featured in: Quotes About Songs, Memorial Day Quotes

18. “Let us thank God for life and the blessings He’s put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and the opportunities of a new year.”

— Ronald Reagan

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, New Beginnings Quotes, Thank You Quotes

19. “The world is waiting for you. Good luck. Travel safe. Go!”

— Phil Keoghan

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Travel Quotes, Good Luck Quotes

20. “If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?”

— Abdu'l-Bahá

Also featured in: Life is Beautiful Quotes, December Quotes

21. “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”

— Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Also featured in: Encouraging Quotes for Students, January Quotes

22. “Happy day after Christmas and a merry rest of the year! Even when Christmas is over, the light of the world is still here.”

— Matthew West

Also featured in: Christian Quotes, Faith Quotes, Inspirational Christmas Quotes, December Quotes