There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Too many people don't do things for fear of falling. You'll never get good unless you fall. Experiences and new accomplishments are feelings we should never lose.
One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before.
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
There's no reason to hold yourself back and say you can't do something in life unless you go for it and try to do it.
I'm never going to do something that I don't want to do, because I've been given the opportunity to not have to do that.
It is one of the oldest maxims of moral prudence: Do not, by aspiring to what is impracticable, lose the opportunity of doing the good you can effect!
If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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