Quotes About Celebration

So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.

Each something is a celebration of the nothing that supports it.

Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.

Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.

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.

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.

Happy Birthday, Thomas Hayward. Unfortunately he's dead, he would have been 177 today. Only a year younger than me.

But there was a saying in Hebrew, "We survived Pharoah, we'll survive this too." In the words of the old joke, it was the theme of every Jewish holiday: they tried to kill us, they failed, so let's eat!

but that they would be forced to participate in or help celebrate

He is most glorified when you receive what He has done for you. He did not say, "This is the cup of the New Covenant, now go tread some more grapes." He simply said, "Drink ye all of it" (Matt. 26:27-28). Your job description is not helper, assistant or even co-laborer as much as it is drinker. As John Piper often says, God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in Him.

He had the funny feeling that doors long bolted within him were being forced, that in the general amnesty of carnival something jailed in him since puberty was being let out— somewhat by mistake— into the open air, to be welcomed by the cheering mob.

Ah cannot weAs well as cocks and lions jocund be,After such pleasures?

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Sound the trumpets; beat the drums…Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes.

There's always been a celebration of what is that moment, whoever I am at that moment in my life. [It] is a very real way of looking at beauty.

Seven years sober. I'm really grateful. It's really lovely to be present in my life.

Every moment of your life is either a test or a celebration.

Faking your own death is illegal, yet faking your own life is celebrated

In Leon's account of his life, no-one was mean-spirited, no-one schemed or lied or betrayed; everyone was celebrated at least in some degree... Leon turned out to be a spineless, grinning idiot.

No matter what our situation is, there's always a way to celebrate life and there's always a way to start again.

To drink is to warm the heart; without dispelling reason, it gives reason to life.

My life is a party, to be experienced and shared with everyone I know!

Dance is a life, everyday. don't miss it. You're in bodies, you can move... Where is your joy?