Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear; but they are so, simply because they are the very ones he most needs.
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Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
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.
In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue.
Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.
Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
A man is only as good as what he loves.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
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