Famous Quotes

"I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."

William Tecumseh Sherman on Christmas

More quotes about Christmas

• "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 on Christmas

• "He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree."

  Roy L. Smith on Christmas

• "The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."

  George Carlin on Christmas

• "Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store."

  Dr. Seuss on Christmas

• "A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

  Benjamin Franklin on Christmas

More quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman

• "An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army."

• "Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."

• "My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom."

• "My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us."

• "But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter."