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Margaret Collier Graham
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“The mind of the most logical thinker goes so easily from one point to another that it is not hard to mistake motion for progress.”
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“Poor people (and by this I mean only those who think less of themselves for having little: the poor in spirit) ...”
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“No one has a right to expect anything at Christmas. It should be a day of unexpected and unlooked-for blessings, which drop as the gentle dew from heaven.”
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“People need joy quite as much as clothing. Some of them need it far more.”
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“The manner of receiving a gift certainly tells as nothing else can the real nature of the recipient.”
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“We may not greatly love or enjoy life ourselves but we love the man or woman who loves it; we enjoy the man or woman who enjoys it.”
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“Conscience ... is the impulse to do right because it is right, regardless of personal ends.”
Margaret Collier Graham, U.S. writer
(1850 - 1910)