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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
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.
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.