Maud Lindsay Professions : Author Born : 1874 Died : 1941 Browse All Authors Top 19 quotes by Maud Lindsay You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Maud Lindsay santa towns watches Merrily, merrily, listen to me, Flitting and flying from tree to tree. Nothing fear I, by land or sea, For God in Heaven is watching me. Maud Lindsay land sea tree One day the wind blew through the town, and oh, how merry it was! It whistled down the chimneys, and scampered round the corners, and sang in the tree tops. "Come and dance, come and dance, come and dance with me," that is what it seemed to say. Maud Lindsay one-day tree wind Nobody follows me where I go, Over the mountains or valleys below; Nobody sees where the wild winds blow, Only the Father in Heaven can know. Maud Lindsay blow wind father Love is a bridge that links us heart to heart Mother and child can never live apart. Maud Lindsay mother heart children There's love, sweet love, for one and all-- For love is best for great and small. Maud Lindsay sweet-love love-is sweet Wherever I fly from my own dear nest, I always come back, for home is the best. Maud Lindsay dear nests home All the world is happy when Santa Claus comes. Maud Lindsay santa-claus santa world We each have a story to tell, I know; so let each one take his turn. Maud Lindsay turns stories knows Greatness is not always largeness. Maud Lindsay greatness Wisdom comes with all we see, God writes His lessons in each flower, And ev'ry singing bird or bee Can teach us something of His power. Maud Lindsay flower writing bird The humblest workman has his place, Which no one else can fill. Maud Lindsay workmen work Children delight in folk-tale and fairy lore, but the very little child loves best the story which mirrors the familiar. And it is for him, and for the mother who is striving in this age of profusion to guard the innate simplicity of her child's nature, that I have written my little stories. Maud Lindsay mother love-is children Let the child feel Christ is near him; By your faith will grow his own; Death nor danger will affright him If he never feels alone. Maud Lindsay danger children christ Keep thou an open door between thy child's life and thine own. Maud Lindsay doors children Tis the mind must guide the hand. Maud Lindsay guides mind hands Strength and skill are happy comrades. Maud Lindsay comrade skills Oh! like a wreath, let Christmas mirth To-day encircle all the earth, And bind the nations with the love That Jesus brought from heaven above. Maud Lindsay wreaths heaven jesus Once upon a time there was a saucer pie. A saucer pie is one that is baked in a saucer instead of a pan; and if you have never seen one, I hope you will before you are a hundred years old. Maud Lindsay pie once-upon-a-time years Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
