“Grant me the courage not to give up, even though I think it is hopeless.” — Admiral Chester W. Nimitz “Pray not for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.” — Theodore Roosevelt “Pray devoutly, but hammer stoutly.” — Sir William Gurney Benham “Nothing is easier than self-deceit.” — Demosthenes “One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.” — G.K. Chesterton “Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.” — C.S. Lewis “He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.” — Horace “There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.” — William James “Happiness is the natural flower of duty.” — Phillip Brooks “Nothing at all will be attempted if…