Prayer for 2020

Reach perfection. - Baltasar Gracián

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. - Benjamin Disraeli

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. - Raymond Lindquist

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion. - Catullus

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. - Timothy Leary

Have the passion, take the action and magic will happen. - Bar Rafaeli

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. - e e cummings

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith. - Paul Tillich

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. - Cicero

Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. - Mary McLeod Bethune

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone. - Martin Luther

Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason. - John Wesley

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. - Les Brown

We need to take dreams more literally, and waking life more symbolically. - Robert Moss

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. - John Wooden

A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves you a hundred moments of regret. - Unknown

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. - Bo Bennett

Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety. - Bible

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly. - Demetri Martin

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. - Ayn Rand

Attitude is everything - shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll be among the stars. - Les Brown

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind. - Norman Vincent Peale

Your attitude determines your altitude. How high you go is almost entirely due to a positive attitude. - Mel Cooper

Tradition is the living faith of those now dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of those now living. - Jaroslav Pelikan

I have noted that the healthy release of emotion is frequently very unhealthy for those closest to you. - Mr Spock

In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong. - Paulo Coelho

The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge. - Seymour Papert

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances. - J Donald Walters

Forgiveness is a gift to yourself - have the compassion to forgive others, and the courage to forgive yourself. - Mary Anne Radmacher

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. - Christian Nevell Bovee

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. - Joel Osteen

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire. - Aristotle

The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. - Lin Yutang

Don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. - Ella Fitzgerald

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. - Moliere

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. - Andre Gide

Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living. - Unknown

There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity. - Martin Luther King Jr

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience. - James R Lowell