Welcoming Spirit Quotes

I'd love to be one of those people who, whenever you see them, you feel pleased.

I really enjoy being the child's 'welcoming committee' and to help someone usher his or her spirit into the world in a very peaceful way is very effortless to me.

The word 'aloha,' in foreign use, has taken the place of every English equivalent. It is a greeting, a farewell, thanks, love, goodwill. Aloha looks at you from tidies and illuminations; it meets you on the roads and at house-doors. It is conveyed to you in letters: the air is full of it.

To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace to share.

Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!

If your church conveys that spirit of condescension or judgment, it's likely not a place where grace is on tap.

I do feel like there's a spirit and a tone you can set that lets people know that they're appreciated for being there. It's a sense of spirit that I think every film should have.

What was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?

The Catholic religion at the time was much darker and more mysterious. The entire mass was in Latin. The church was - if you go to my church now, it's incredibly bright inside. But at - when I was young, it was very dark inside. And it was just the difference in the way that they've painted it since I've gone there. And it strives for a very different and welcoming spirit.