the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

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  1. As much as one wishes to achieve something, the frailties of the human body often make it impossible. Sometimes extended to jocular or organizational referents.
    — It’s obvious that when it comes to business vs government regulation the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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From the Bible's account of Jesus' last night in Gethsemane. Matthew 26:41: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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