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> [“Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/successful-resistance-to-temptation-may-result-in-an-increase-of/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [Every temptation that is resisted, every evil thought that is curbed, every desire that is subdued, every bitter word that is withheld,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/every-temptation-that-is-resisted-every-evil-thought-that-is-curbed/)

[Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/)

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> [“There is no memory less satisfying than a temptation that we resisted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-mccarthy/there-is-no-memory-less-satisfying-than-a-temptation-that-we-resisted/)

[Erin Mccarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-mccarthy/)

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> [There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some temptation we resisted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/there-is-not-any-memory-with-less-satisfaction-in-it-than-the-memory/)

[James Branch Cabell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-branch-cabell/)

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> [A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life. . . . he has learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/a-self-made-man-if-he-is-made-at-all-has-already-won-the-battle-of/)

[Alvin R. Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-r-dyer/)

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> [There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/there-is-not-any-memory-with-less-satisfaction-than-the-memory-of/)

[James Branch Cabell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-branch-cabell/)

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