It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.
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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.
We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
You know what, life is full of temptations.
Temptation coaxes us toward sin, and sin leads to sickness and death, and ultimately confinement in the realm of the evil one.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Temptation has been here ever since the Garden of Eden.
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