Myrtle Reed Quotes

My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.

A table-full of welcome!

The lightsome countenance of a friend giveth such an inward decking to the house where it lodgeth, as proudest palaces have cause to envy the gilding.

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.

It’s not the size of the feast, but the number of people that can fit around the table.

The people of Naples are so welcoming and happy to see me. My family and my brothers feel at home here too, we've got the best and most encouraging fans.

Tanzanians are some of the friendliest you'll ever meet, insisting on a welcoming smile and wave as they pass you on the streets, exclaiming 'Jambo!'

Whenever you do a show, there are happy reunions of people; it's very familial.

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.

My favorite thing about South Korea is the people - they are so kind and helpful.

All true friendliness begins with fire and food and drink and the recognition of rain or frost.

I adore having people over to my home. My number one reason I love that is because I love to see people at ease with each other.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft.

We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream.

The lamps are lit, the fires burn bright. The house is full of life and light.

A mountaineer’s house, before being his home and the home of his family, is the home of God and of guests.

your lives be as full and happy as ours,and may the seasons be kind to you and your friends. The door of our Abbey is always open to any travellers roaming the dusty path between the woodlands and the plains.

Welcome, my old friend, Welcome to a foreign fireside.

Men become friends by a community of pleasures.

This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest, Such as I love; and you among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more.

Those who pass their lives in foreign travel find they contract many ties of hospitality, but form no friendships.

I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger.

President Obama's made the White House really the people's house. People feel like they're welcome.

Two elements enter into successful and happy gatherings at table. The food, whether simple or elaborate, must be carefully prepared; willingly prepared; imaginatively prepared. And the guests - friends, family or strangers - must be conscious of their welcome.

I now first began to inhabit my house, I may say, when I began to use it for warmth as well as shelter.