Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

I think this is the special character of the people from Seville. They have a really open spirit and receive everyone like family.

The house I was born in in Somalia was right next to a big market. A lot of beggars or panhandlers would be in front of our house constantly, and my grandfather and grandmother would always invite them in to have food with us and have them take whatever was left over.

Indoreans are not only welcoming, but very homely.

Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair.

I know my mother has always looked at strangers as friends.

Wherever I go, people are so kind and so lovely and so warm and show their best self. So I feel very lucky.

The Iraqi people are some of the warmest people you'll meet in your life. They are extremely receptive to strangers. Their hospitality is immense.

Obviously, people in Texas have big hearts.

What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.

I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.

One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people.

Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

The Turkish people are the friendliest I've ever met.

For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we've lost so much in our country.

My tradition, as an adult, is to have an open-door policy on Thanksgiving. I always host, and I welcome absolutely anyone into my home. I think it's really special. If people are going through hard times or not getting along well with their family, they flock to my house. And I'll have my tree up!

Thais are one of the nicest people I've ever met. It's not called the land of smiles for nothing.

Everyone in Hyderabad is generous and loving.

When I was a kid, we'd go to the movies, and my parents would reach out to everyone around us in the theater, most of whom could barely afford the movie ticket. They'd hand out popcorn and Milk Duds, strike up conversations with them, lend shoulders to cry on, learn their names, and smile at everyone.

I want you to find the poor here, right in your own home first. And begin love there. Be that good news to your own people.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. 'Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

It is an excellent circumstance that hospitality grows best where it is most needed.

Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong belief in the family.

We're raising our girls to understand the real meaning of Christmas, and to know that it's most important to have Christmas in your heart. We go to our local mall and donate toys, and we say prayers for all the people in the world who might not be as lucky as we are.