--- title: "12 Christ child Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Christ child quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Christ child sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/ann-voskamp-729_child_if-you-haven-t-lost-christ-child-nothing_3140787.png" --- > [“If you haven't lost Christ, child, nothing is ever lost.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/if-you-haven-t-lost-christ-child-nothing-is-ever-lost/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/ann-voskamp-729_child_if-you-haven-t-lost-christ-child-nothing_3140787.png) > [For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/for-the-christ-child-who-comes-is-the-master-of-all-no-palace-too/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/phillips-brooks-2696_children_for-the-christ-child-who-comes-is-the-ma_3085694.png) > [Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/scripture-is-the-manger-in-which-we-find-the-christ-child/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/martin-luther-106_bible_scripture-is-the-manger-in-which-we-find_1237530.jpg) > [“Roses bloom and cease to be, but we shall the Christ-child see”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-christian-andersen/roses-bloom-and-cease-to-be-but-we-shall-the-christ-child-see/) [Hans Christian Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-christian-andersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/hans-christian-andersen-3234_christ-child_roses-bloom-and-cease-to-be-but-we-shall_69383.jpg) > [“One of the things that Christmas reminds us is that Jesus Christ was once a child.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hark-herald-sarmiento/one-of-the-things-that-christmas-reminds-us-is-that-jesus-christ-was/) [Hark Herald Sarmiento](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hark-herald-sarmiento/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/hark-herald-sarmiento-56295_child_one-of-the-things-that-christmas-reminds_590310.jpg) > [“A new star, the Christ child, God's gift to mankind; these are what Christmas is made of.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-e-goodrich/a-new-star-the-christ-child-god-s-gift-to-mankind-these-are-what/) [Richelle E. Goodrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-e-goodrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/richelle-e-goodrich-180_children_a-new-star-the-christ-child-god-s-gift-t_3219144.jpg) > [It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-l-moody/it-is-a-masterpiece-of-the-devil-to-make-us-believe-that-children/) [Dwight L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-l-moody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/dwight-l-moody-1085_believe_it-is-a-masterpiece-of-the-devil-to-make_480005.png) > [“You are a child of mine, Born of my own design, And you bear the hard of life. No matter where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-schultz/you-are-a-child-of-mine-born-of-my-own-design-and-you-bear-the-hard/) [Mark Schultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-schultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/mark-schultz-100540_child_you-are-a-child-of-mine-born-of-my-own-d_1256346.jpg) > [Let us wait in patience for the Christ-child whose own life depended on the lives of Mary and Joseph. The Word of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/let-us-wait-in-patience-for-the-christ-child-whose-own-life-depended/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/stanley-hauerwas-2675_came_let-us-wait-in-patience-for-the-christ-c_1550081.png) > [God rest ye, little children; let nothing you afright, For Jesus Christ, your Saviour, was born this happy night; Along the hills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinah-maria-murlock-craik/god-rest-ye-little-children-let-nothing-you-afright-for-jesus-christ/) [Dinah Maria Murlock Craik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinah-maria-murlock-craik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/dinah-maria-murlock-craik-5329_block_god-rest-ye-little-children-let-nothing_166490.jpg) > [“We all know Christmas is about the Infant Child, what he brings to our lives, what he offers to our hearts. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vannetta-chapman/we-all-know-christmas-is-about-the-infant-child-what-he-brings-to-our/) [Vannetta Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vannetta-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa4/vannetta-chapman-25054_children_we-all-know-christmas-is-about-the-infan_2854608.jpg) > [The incarnation began with Jesus and it has never stopped . . . God takes on flesh so that every home becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-rolheiser/the-incarnation-began-with-jesus-and-it-has-never-stopped-god-takes/) [Ronald Rolheiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-rolheiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/ronald-rolheiser-23361_children_the-incarnation-began-with-jesus-and-it_2500768.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ-child/#itemlist", "name": "Christ child Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you haven't lost Christ, child, nothing is ever lost.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Voskamp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/if-you-haven-t-lost-christ-child-nothing-is-ever-lost/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/ann-voskamp-729_child_if-you-haven-t-lost-christ-child-nothing_3140787.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/ann-voskamp-729_child_if-you-haven-t-lost-christ-child-nothing_3140787.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/ann-voskamp-729_child_if-you-haven-t-lost-christ-child-nothing_3140787.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you haven't lost Christ, child, nothing is ever lost.” — Ann Voskamp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; 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He came so that we might experience the fullness of time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stanley Hauerwas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/let-us-wait-in-patience-for-the-christ-child-whose-own-life-depended/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/stanley-hauerwas-2675_came_let-us-wait-in-patience-for-the-christ-c_1550081.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/stanley-hauerwas-2675_came_let-us-wait-in-patience-for-the-christ-c_1550081.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/stanley-hauerwas-2675_came_let-us-wait-in-patience-for-the-christ-c_1550081.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let us wait in patience for the Christ-child whose own life depended on the lives of Mary and Joseph. 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