Success and Resisting Temptation

Willpower is the ability to eat one salted peanut.” (Anonymous)

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slow down and REFLECT

on the MEANING and the MESSAGE of today’s quotation

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In your own words, what is the central message of the above quote by an unknown author?

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)

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Getting Personal

Have you ever been able to resist a powerful temptation? What was it that you resisted. Was it easy or difficult? Why?

Have you ever caved in to a powerful temptation? What was it, and why do you think you were unable to resist it?

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Interested in seeing what artificial intelligence (ai) has to say about the meaning of today’s quotation? Compare it to your own interpretation. You may be fascinated, or even possibly humbled.

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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS

“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest.” (Rick Warren)

‘There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.” (James Branch Cabell)

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The Wisdom Quotation Well

Interested in reading more wisdom quotations about willpower?

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Image of the Day

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Attributed to Abraham Lincoln

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By Gary and Esther Berkley

Gary and Esther Berkley are the authors of "Whatever You Become, Become Your Best - The College and Graduate Guide to Wisdom for Success in Life." Check it out at www.amazon.com/dp/B09593L5FT

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