"No one can really give thanks unless within his heart he deeply feels that undeserved blessings have been bestowed upon him.  Our great sin is our carefree assumption that we deserve what God gives and that we are free to do with it what we please." ~Calvin Wingert

"To the extent that we nourish ourselves on Christ and are in love with him, we feel within us the incentive to bring others to him: Indeed, we cannot keep the joy of the faith to ourselves; we must pass it on.” ~Pope Benedict XVI

"The world promises you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness." ~Pope Benedict XVI

‎"Mission is a duty about which one must say ‘Woe to me if I do not evangelize’ (1 Corinthians 9:16)...redemption and mission are acts of love [because] those who proclaim the Gospel participate in the charity of Christ.” ~Benedict XVI

As to your Lent ... I can only tell you my experience.

A mass of good resolutions, I think, are apt to end up in disappointment and to make one depressed. Also direct fault-uprooting: it makes one concentrate too much on self and that can be so depressing. The only resolution I have ever found works is: "Whenever I want to think of myself, I will think of God." ~Caryll Houselander

"As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repent and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to repent? Our indifference, our hardness of heart. What are we to believe? Jesus thirsts even now, in your heart and in the poor -- He knows your weakness. He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you." ~Blessed Teresa of Calcutta