In any new situation, you will be viewed in one of three ways. As a minus one: actively harmful, someone who creates problems. As a zero: your impact is neutral and doesn’t tip the balance one way or the other. Or as a plus one: someone who actively adds value. — Chris Hadfield, astronaut

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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. -- Mark Twain

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Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. — Maya Angelou

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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. -- Ronald Reagan

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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride. ― John Ruskin

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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. -- Nelson Mandela

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It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far. ― Marilyn Monroe

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If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours. — Dolly Parton

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Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. – Charles M. Schulz

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