It is not virtuous to be resisting temptation

"disorderly passions abound in the continent and persevering man [(in continente et perseverante)], which would not be the case if his sensitive appetite were perfected by a habit making it conformable to reason. . . .  Continence and perseverence . . . withstand the [inordinate] passions lest reason be led astray.  But they fall short of being virtues", because it is not virtuous to be withstanding disordered passions; rather, it is virtuous to have no disordered passions (no unruly sensitive appetite) to be withstood.

     St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae I-II.58.3.ad 2, FEDP (i.e. Shapcote), italics mine (for .  "the impediment [or threat] of the [inordinate] passions" to "the judgment and command of prudence" is "removed [removeatur] . . . by moral virtue" (I-II.58.5.ad 3).  "But when [a passion] follows th[e] judgment [of reason], as though commanded by reason, it helps toward the execution of reason's command" (I-II.59.2.ad 3).