“Trials, temptations, disappointments - all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy.”
James Buckham
“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.”
Tom Wilson
“As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist”
“The Devil tempts that he may ruin and destroy; God tests that He may crown.”
St. Ambrose
“I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it”
Mae West
“I deal with temptation by yielding to it”
Mark Twain
