Louis Sachar Quotes

You can give a great and wonderful Christmas if you remember the gifts God has given you and, as best you can, offer them to others as He would. That is the spirit of Christmas and of true happiness every day.

The greatest thing is not to believe in Santa Claus; it is to be Santa Claus.

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

There's a lot of movies that aren't all about Christmas, or where Christmas isn't the focus, but have that spirit of Christmas in them. I love that sequence in 'Auntie Mame,' where she's in the department store, sewing at Macy's, and she doesn't know how to do anything but fill out a form as 'cash on delivery!'

Everything that you want Santa to be, he is.

I treat people throughout the year, my mates with children, every time I see them I give them 40 quid, or I go to Amazon and get them a gift- no one goes without.

I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.

Giving is the highest expression of potency.

When you discover the wonder of giving, you will wonder how you could have lived so long in any other way.

And when they went away, leaving comfort behind, I think there were not in all the city four merrier people than the hungry little girls who gave away their breakfasts and contented themselves with bread and milk on Christmas morning.

Christmas is about giving. Be outrageously generous. Have fun, enjoy the process....then keep it up all year.

You may have the gift of giving.

The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live their whole lives on the principle of making themselves poor -- spending and being spent -- to enrich their fellow humans, giving time, trouble, care and concern, to do good to others -- and not just their own friends -- in whatever way there seems need.

Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

My message is that giving is very important. Giving is a Jewish thing, and I like to talk about that. There's nothing more important, personally, for anybody than being able to give.

Because of these layaway angels, many children did not have to wonder why Santa skipped them in 2011.

Personally, I've always been a philanthropist. I've always given away turkeys and did gift giveaways.

There's a lot of good people here in Cincinnati, and there are a lot of people that are willing to help others.

There's no greater source of happiness than giving yourself to other people.

The best rule for philanthropy is to give until it hurts, as much as you can, because none of us can get through life all by ourselves.

I believe the best way to celebrate the holidays is to spread cheer and joy to others.

I want to help everyone.

The best thing I learned from Manute was to be selfless. He was always about his people. He was about helping others.