Four candles, four Sundays, and a house learning to wait: Advent is the quiet season before Christmas, when hope is lit one small flame at a time.
Advent runs from the Sunday nearest 29 November to Christmas Eve, and its wreath names the journey in order: hope, peace, joy and love.
The best Advent Quotes hold that waiting gently: they slow the rush, clear room in our hearts and keep our eyes on the light that is coming.
In this collection you will find 57 quotes in five sections, from Scripture and Bonhoeffer to short captions for cards and calendars. So, let’s light the first candle together.
12 Hope & Waiting Advent Quotes
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light.
Isaiah 9:2 (KJV)
Celebrating Advent means being able to wait.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Psalm 130:5 (KJV)
Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.
Henri Nouwen
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.
Isaiah 9:6 (KJV)
Advent hope is a candle lit in the darkest week, trusting the morning is already on its way.
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Hope in Advent does not rush; it watches, prays and keeps the lamp trimmed.
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The first candle is small on purpose: hope often begins as a single flame.
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Waiting with hope is not doing nothing; it is believing something good is already moving toward us.
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Advent teaches tired hearts to hope again, one quiet day at a time.
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Hope looks like a lit window in winter, a promise that someone is coming home.
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In Advent, hope is the courage to believe the story is not finished yet.
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12 Peace & Preparation Advent Quotes
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 40:3 (KJV)
And on earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke 2:14 (KJV)
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.
John 14:27 (KJV)
A prison cell in which one waits, hopes, and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life.
Henri Nouwen
Preparation in Advent is less about perfect houses and more about ready hearts.
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Peace grows in the space we clear for it: a slower evening, a forgiven debt, a quieter room.
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Make room is the oldest Advent instruction, and still the hardest to follow.
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A prepared heart does not need everything finished; it needs everything surrendered.
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Advent peace is not the absence of noise, but the presence of trust in the middle of it.
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Clear the clutter, light the candle, leave the door of your heart unlatched.
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The way is prepared in small obediences, repeated faithfully through ordinary days.
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11 Joy Advent Quotes
Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians 4:4 (KJV)
Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
Luke 2:10 (KJV)
My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Luke 1:46–47 (KJV)
Joy to the world, the Lord is come.
Isaac Watts
Gaudete Sunday reminds us that joy is allowed in the middle of waiting, not only at the end of it.
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Advent joy is quieter than party joy; it hums under the work like a carol from another room.
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Rejoice is a command in Advent because joy is a practice, not just a feeling.
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The rose candle stands out on purpose: joy interrupts the purple of penitence.
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Good tidings travel fast in Advent; share one piece of joy today.
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A joyful heart in December is a witness that waiting has not won.
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Let every carol be practice for the morning you have been praying for.
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Also Read: 54 Short Christmas Quotes (Tiny Sayings, Card Messages & One-Line Wishes)
11 Love & Light Advent Quotes
Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man.
Pope Francis
Love came down at Christmas.
Christina Rossetti
Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
Karl Rahner
The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
At this Christmas, when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God’s own love and concern.
Mother Teresa
The night is far spent, the day is at hand.
Romans 13:12 (KJV)
Arise, shine; for thy light is come.
Isaiah 60:1 (KJV)
Love in Advent does not wait to be felt; it acts, gives and serves first.
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The fourth candle burns close to Christmas because love is the last word before arrival.
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Light does not argue with darkness; it simply arrives and stays.
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To love in Advent is to set an extra place for hope at the table.
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Also Read: 69 Winter Quotes (Classic Sayings, Cosy Home & Snowy Silence)
11 Short Advent Quotes & Captions
O come, O come, Emmanuel.
Traditional Advent Hymn
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew 24:42 (KJV)
Waiting, hoping, preparing, rejoicing.
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Four candles, four promises: hope, peace, joy, love.
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Slow down. Light a candle. Christmas is coming.
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Advent: the beautiful work of waiting well.
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Keep awake, keep hopeful, keep kind.
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Less rush, more wonder.
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A season for quiet hearts and lit windows.
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Counting the days with candles and gratitude.
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Almost Christmas, entirely hopeful.
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Also Read: 66 New Beginnings Quotes (Fresh Starts, New Chapters & Short Sayings)
Keep this page for wreath lightings, Advent calendars, cards and quiet December evenings. Advent rewards the hearts that wait well, so light the candle, say the prayer and trust the coming morning.
