We often send each other quotes and notes and sayings that come across our desks—simple ways to keep our spirits up. It helps to be reminded why we are in this fight to clean our air. It helps to be reminded of what’s more powerful than pollution: Love. Kindness. Empathy. Openness.

We are up against hard-hearted polluters. And though we must be tough, we must also keep our hearts soft, because it is our embrace of all the blessings of this world that gives us the strength to carry on.

So this holiday season, we put together some of our favorite quotes to share with you.

Here’s to a loving celebration of the year’s end. Here’s to preparing for another year of shedding light in a dark time. And here’s to working from a place of love. Love will win the day.

dominique browning, co-founder and senior director