Christmas is a season of reflection, celebration and rejuvenation. Advent, a season celebrated in many Christian denominations as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Christ and the anticipation of His return prepares us to embrace four central themes, Hope, Peace Joy & Love as we inch closer toward 2025.
For a more meaningful season, this article brings together over 75 Advent quotes that will inspire and uplift. Misses an experience factor of quotes, some are sprinkled with poetic elements and the tone is formal/context-shifting or casual/conversational. The thing is with Advent though, as we all know too well, the holiday season always comes down to the wire.
The season of Advent, the four weeks preceding Christmas that encourages us to prepare and reflect around hope, peace, joy and love. In 2025, a collection of more than 2500 quotes during this wonderful times Advent and the joy of Christmas. Whether you need a little inspiration, want to share an expression of your heart, or just spread some seasonal love, these Valentine’s Day quotes will touch your heart.
The Significance of Advent
What is Advent?
Advent is the start of the liturgical year for Christians. Advent is a season that lasts for four weeks — from the fourth Sunday before Christmas until Christmas Eve. It is a time marked by expectation, preparing to celebrate the birth of the Messiah, Jesus.
The Themes of Advent
Hope: The first Sunday of Advent is a time when we can think about the hope brought to the world through Christ entering it. A reminder that there is light and hope even in the darkest times.
Peace: This time of year reminds us that we can try to create peace within and with one another. Its a call to compassion and goodwill.
Joy: Advent calls us to celebrate the joy of the season, of giving, of being with family and friends.
Love: Rooted in what Advent is all about – Love of God for the world, and love we share with each other.
The Power of Advent Quotes
Why Quotes Matter
There is a certain uniqueness surrounding the impression that quotes can leave with just few words contributing great thoughts and feelings. They inspire us, they comfort us, and they remind us that the season itself is beautiful. All through Advent, they can become our little daily reminders as we progress from one week to the next—all the way up to Christmas day.
How to Use Advent Quotes
Daily Quotes: Make each quote a daily intention or moment of mindfulness to ground yourself amidst the bustle of the holidays.
Social Media: Post quotes on social media to help you (and your friends) have a bit more joy and inspiration in their lives.
Display Quotes: These holiday quotes can be included as part of your decor this season, bringing a more festive feel to your home.
Cards and Gifts: Incorporate quotes into holiday cards or as part of gift wrapping by referencing a quote that embodies your recipient.
Advent Quotes of Hope
Quotes to Inspire Hope
- Hope is the thing with feathers that sits in the soul. – Emily Dickinson
- The future is for the believers of beauty in his dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
- Hope – is the ability to see that there is light despite all of the dark. – Desmond Tutu
- Hold fast when you reach the end of your rope. – Theodore Roosevelt
- Faith is the anchor of the soul, Hope – Hebrews 6:19
Poetic Expressions of Hope
- “In the depths of winter, I discovered within me, there was an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
- “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.” – Michelle Horst
- “The brightest stars shine the darkest nights.” – John Green
- “Hope, in the dark, gets us home.” – Emily Dickinson
- “Hope in our heart we will survive any storm.”– Eleanor Roosevelt
Advent Quotes of Peace
Quotes to Promote Peace
- “The Christmas message is that ruined humanity—the human race, including you and me—there is hope: of peace with God, of peace in your heart, of peace with one another.” – Timothy Keller
- “Peace is not just the absence of war, but a way by which we arrive at that goal.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Peace begins with a smile.” – Mother Teresa
- “Peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.” – Jill Jackson Miller
- “Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is the presence of justice. – Harrison Ford
- “Be like the stillness in the heart of a hurricane. When there is movement and chaos around you, be calm inside.” – Deepak Chopra
Poetic Expressions of Peace
- “Peace is the beauty of life. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- The world will only know peace when the power of love overcomes the love of power. – Jimi Hendrix
- “May there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.” – Sy Miller and Jill Jackson
- “The greatest weapon of stress is our ability to choose one thought or another.” – William James
- “Peace is the byproduct of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” – Wayne Dyer
Advent Quotes of Joy
Quotes to Celebrate Joy
- On the part of Santos, it reads: “We do not find joy in things. Joy is within us.” – Richard Wagner
- “We find the magic of the holidays in brightening other lives.” – W.C. Jones
- “Gratitude takes many forms, but joy is the most agile simply when you don’t have any form of words nor tangible something to offer in return.” – Karl Barth
- “Xmas spirit is singing loud for all to hear” – Buddy the Elf
- “Joy is the never-failing sign of the presence of God.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Poetic Expressions of Joy
- “Joy is the sound of God, echoing in us.” – Abbot Christopher Jamison
- “The joy of living is the joy of giving.” – W.C. Jones
- “Joy is the net of love by which you can catch souls.” – Mother Teresa
- “Find joy in the ordinary.” – Richard Wagner
- “Illuminating our hearts, joy is what radiates us.” – Harrison Ford
Advent Quotes of Love
Quotes to Embrace Love
Love is the first among all virtues. That’s what keeps us together, and is the spirit of Xmas. The love in Advent is grounded in God sending His son to be with us. The following quotes celebrate the magic of love.
- “Love is a fruit in season at all times.” – Mother Teresa
- “Where there is love, there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Love is not just a feeling; it is an act.” – David Wilkerson
- “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
- “Love is the bridge between you and everything.” – Rumi
Poetic Expressions of Love
- “Love is a canvas embroidered by imagination, woven into being by nature. – Voltaire
- “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
- Love is the drug, and you gotta let it go – John Lennon
- “In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” – Paul McCartney
- “Christmas is love in action. With every act of love, every act of giving, it is Christmas. – Dale Evans
Ten Creative Ways to Use Advent Quotes
Bringing Quotes Through the Day
Advent Calendars: An advent calendar with a quote behind it for each day until Christmas It could be a light-hearted and worthwhile activity to reflect on the season.
Journal Writing: Use Quotes as writing prompts to journal. Consider what each of the quotes means to you in terms of your life and relationships.
Art Projects & Illustration: Art with your favorites quotes. It can be a fun family activity and great decoration for your home during the holidays.
Gift Wrapping: Use quotes as a part of your gift wrapping. Get a roll of paper with quotes on it, or write something meaningful on the gift tag.
Sharing on Social Media: Use your favorite quotes and share the love of the season with others through social media.
Have different Quotes for each kind of relation
- For Moms: “The love of a mother is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible” – Marion C. Garretty
- Siblings: “Your only rival that you cannot live without”. – NUXA Author
- For Friends: “A true friend is someone who is there for you when they would rather be anywhere else.” – Len Wein
- For Pets: “Until one has loved an animal, a part of ones soul remains unweakened.” – Anatole France
- To Yourself: You are okay the way you are – Brené Brown
Reflective & Meditative Advent Quotes
Quotes for Quiet Moments
- Silence is the language of God, everything else is poor translation – Rumi
- “In the stillness, we find our strength.” – Nuxa Author
- “Meditation is the soul’s telescope.” – Owen Feltham
- The more still you are, the louder you can listen. – Ram Dass
- “Within movement and chaos, let there be stillness inside of you.” – Deepak Chopra
Quotes for Gratitude
- “Gratitude makes sense of your past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Aesop
- “The more thankful I am, the more beauty that I see.” – Mary Davis
- “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Cicero
- “Gratitude is the most beautiful blossom which blows from the soul.” – Henry Ward Beecher
- “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everybody is blessed.” – Maya Angelou
Communal & Togetherness Advent Sayings
Quotes to Foster Connection
- “We can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
- “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” – Coretta Scott King
- “We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll
- “Community is much more than belonging to something; it’s about doing something together that makes belonging matter.” – Brian Solis
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Quotes for Acts of Kindness
- “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
- “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
- “The smallest act is better than the greatest intention.” – John Burroughs
- “Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
- “A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” – William Arthur Ward
Advent quotes for your family traditions
Quotes to Celebrate Family
- “Family is not an important thing, it is everything. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox
- “Family is the greatest blessing that we have on this earth.” – Harrison Ford
- “Family is where minds come in contact.” – Buddha
- “The love of family is life the blood we dream in our dreams.” – Richard Bach
- “Love is the oil that eases friction in family life, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.”– Friedrich Nietzsche
Quotes for Holiday Traditions
- “Traditions are what our roots are and they give us the sense of belonging.” – Nuxa Author
- “Singing loud for all to hear is the best way to spread Christmas cheer.” – Buddy the Elf
- “Christmas isn’t just a time for jubilation. It’s a time to contemplate, too.” – Winston Churchill
- “Christmas magic is in the air and family and friends are its best gifts.” – Nuxa Author
- “Christmas is doing a small bit more for someone else” – Charles M. Schulz
Weaving Hope, Peace, Joy and Love
Hope, peace, joy, love are intertwined the very spirit of Advent and Christmas. Take some notes from these quotes and think of how these themes show up in your life, so you can share with others.
Integrating the Themes
- “Hope like a flower on the gate of the new year whispers and says, ‘The new year will be brighter.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson
- “When we live Christmas every day, peace on earth will be here to stay.” – Helen Steiner Rice
- “You can catch souls with joy, as it is a net of love.” – Mother Teresa
- “Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; / love was born at Christmas; star and angels gave the sign.” – Christina Rossetti
More Quotes to Inspire
The following collection contains even more quotes for your Advent inspiration:
Additional Quotes on Hope
- “Hope is believing that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
- “The optimist sees success where the pessimist sees failure, sunshine where the pessimist sees shadows & storm.” – Orison Swett Marden
- “Hope is the fuel that keeps us going, even when the journey is long and the path is rough.” – Nuxa Author
- “Hope is more than just optimism, it is a perspective on reality.” – Nuxa Author
- “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
Additional Quotes on Peace
- “Peace is the result of conditioning your mind to process life in a different way — as it actually is, rather than how you think it should be.” – Wayne W. Dyer
- “No ifs, ands or buts; but only the being again, no more on having: “If there is to be any peace it will come through being”. – Henry Miller
- “Peace, not war. true and lasting victories” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “When you do the right thing, you have peace and serenity that come with it. Do it again and again.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Forgiveness is our greatest gift to the world.” – Marianne Williamson
Additional Quotes on Joy
- “Look to this day, for it is life, the very life of life.” – Joseph Campbell
- “Not in things, joy is in us.” – Richard Wagner
- “Joy is the experience we have when we let ourselves recognize how good things really are.” – Marianne Williamson
- “The finest way to pay for a beautiful moment is to savior it.” – Richard Bach
- “For your kind of smile, you might be the reason of joy for others but sometimes you can bring smile to your face by covering tea instead.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Additional Quotes on Love
- “Love is not just a mere feeling, love is an act.” – David Wilkerson
- “The most important freedom is the freedom to admit that you are not free because Ultimate Freedom is but a myth” – Victor Hugo
- “Loving yourself is an endless act of forgiveness. The action and freedom from forgiveness.”– Maya Angelou
- “Love is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”– Aristotle
- “To be loving and lovable is to feel the sun on both sides.”– David Hiscott
Conclusion: Embracing the Spirit of Advent
May we experience the hope, peace, joy and love of these Advent Seasons in 2025. The quotes included in this article are meant to remind us of the beauty of the season and how connected we are with ourselves or others. So whether they guide you to reflect, find inspiration or share them with someone special to you, I hope they bring warmth and light into your holiday season.
Final Thoughts
Advent is the first season in the church calendar and is a time of hope-filled reflection to prepare for Christmas with an attitude of gratitude of what we already have and sharing that love with others. As we spend time with loved ones, let’s take a moment to appreciate the true spirit of the season and what it means to give and receive love.
