Temptation Quotes

I can't resist temptation of any kind.

— Prue Leith

Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is no sin in temptation

— Russyb

Thou shalt never wash my feet.

— John the Apostle

Temptation: the fiend at my elbow.

— William Shakespeare

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

— Bertolt Brecht

He, who loves praise, loves temptation.

— Thomas F. Wilson

Temptations discover what you are.

— Thomas a Kempis

“The best way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”

— Oscar Wilde

In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.

— Vikram Seth

Lawyer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation.

— H. L. Mencken

“Don’t let affluence make you impoverished of God.”

— Jon Bloom

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

— Mae West

After every temptation you will be either closer to God or further from Him.

— Jason Evert

If you spell a word wrong you have some temptation to think it wrong.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan.

— Arthur Koestler

Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of…

— Jeremy Collier

The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.

— Ugo Betti

So long as idleness is quite shut out from our lives, all the sins of wantonness, softness, and effeminacy are prevented; and…

— Jeremy Taylor

“The rational mind finds yielding to fear an irresistible temptation; but by indulging in this temptation, the mind slays itself.”

— Théun Mares

Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Do not avoid temptation because it will land you on the next level... It's there to make you stronger.

— Olajide Oluwatobiloba

Remember sometimes just the rush of having a crush is a temptation, even if it is inappropriate, but beware of playing with…

— Joseph J. Ellis

The Holy Ghost is the only One who can detect the temptations of Satan, neither our common sense nor our human wisdom…

— Oswald Chambers

If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing…

— J. M. Coetzee

“ 'It's okay. I understand that you're tempted and know you shouldn't grab the apple, and when you did you wanted to…

— Barbara Elsborg

The fortitude which has encountered no dangers, that prudence which has surmounted no difficulties, that integrity which has been attacked by no…

— Samuel Johnson

The opposite of love? Vice. Temptation. The negative influences that we have. The bad energy that comes around us and makes us…

— Kendrick Lamar

Temptation isn't a sin that you triumph over once, completely and then you're free. Temptation slips into bed with you each night…

— Karen Marie Moning

There's always a temptation, I think, among some historical writers to shade things toward the modern point of view. You know, they…

— Diana Gabaldon

I invite all to trust in the merits and in the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Through His atoning sacrifice,…

— Ulisses Soares

It struck me, sharp and hard, that I had been given so many chances to save my soul that my entire life…

— Anne Rice

Love sinners, but hate their deeds, and do not disdain sinners for their failings, so that you yourself do not fall into…

— Isaac of Nineveh

What Clint Eastwood meant was when you are directing and starring in a film, there's a temptation to spend more time on…

— Scott Eastwood

“When the storms of temptation encompass you, look up to this star, invoke Mary. When the waves of pride are washing over…

— Carrie Gress

“I know that whatever the complex origins of my own homosexuality are, there have been conscious choices I've made to indulge -…

— Wesley Hill

I fear it is sometimes forgotten that God has married together justification and sanctification. They are distinct and different things, beyond question,…

— J. C. Ryle

Not simply the righteousness of our Saviour, not simply the beauty of His holiness or the graces of His character, are we…

— Adoniram Judson Gordon

The weak and the defenseless in this world invite aggression from others. The best way we can serve peace is by removing…

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

In such times as we are in, whether the threats be global or local or in individual lives, I too pray for…

— Jeffrey R. Holland