I never give in to the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult. That would be too ridiculous.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses.
You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.
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.
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
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