"Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday."
-John Clayton
Migrate2View Quote
"Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone.“
-John Clayton
posted in Alone
Other Quotes by John Clayton
Discover more inspiring quotes by John Clayton
"The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other."
-John Clayton
ChristmasView Quote
"Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ."
-John Clayton
Migrate2View Quote
"There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday."
-John Clayton
Migrate2View Quote
"Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him."
-John Clayton
Migrate2View Quote
"Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another."
-John Clayton
Migrate2View Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."
-John Berger
AloneView Quote
"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
-Thomas Carlyle
AloneView Quote
"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
-George Carlin
AloneView Quote
"I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before."
-Michael Collins
AloneView Quote
"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
-Baruch Spinoza
AloneView Quote
"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."
-Paul Valery
AloneView Quote