And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?
It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags.
And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before.
What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?
~ Dr. Seuss

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
~ Charles Dickens

I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And mild and sweet the words repeat,
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
I thought how as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had roll’d along th’ unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair I bow’d my head:
“There is no peace on earth,” I said,
“For hate is strong, and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With peace on earth, good will to men.”
‘Til ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime,
Of peace on earth, good will to men!
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Leadership is the wise use of power.
Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.
~ Warren G. Bennis

There are no office hours for leaders.
~ Cardinal James Gibbons

By three methods we may learn wisdom:
first by reflection, which is noblest;
second by imitation, which is easiest;
and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
~ Confucius

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility…
in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have…
is the ability to take responsibility.
~ Michael Korda