He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it-the quality of temptation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The way he looked me up and down made a part of me burn with desire. Fire and electricity. Flames and sparks.… — Angela Richardson Copy Share Image
It is a cheap zeal that reserves its passions to combat only the sins and temptations of others. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
He has resisted Temptation for Centuries, A stone cold warrior whose frozen heart refuses to thaw- Until Her.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere — Ayrton Senna Copy Share Image
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am human because God made me. I experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow Satan. God is reaching out… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“There are many roads in this world that will guide you to pleasurable, fun, and exciting destinations that do not end in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
If death itself were to die, would it have a ghost, and would the ghost of death visit the dead in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Take heed all of you who have at heart mankind's future! Take heed men and women of good will! May the temptation… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself.… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but… — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
It is very easy to see the allure of alcohol to dull the prain and the temptation to punish myself for something… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
God won't permit temptation beyond your strength. It is true that temptations come to all, but God will give you the graces… — Patrick Madrid Copy Share Image
“Here’s a hand to the boy who has courage To do what he knows to be right; When he falls in the… — Phoebe Cary Copy Share Image
There is another temptation which we must especially guard against: the simplistic reductionism which sees only good or evil; or, if you… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Violence always came too easy to you, that's the problem. It always felt too good. Remember the first time you trod on… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share Image
Never yield to that temptation, which, to most young men, is very strong, of exposing other people's weaknesses and infirmities, for the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Then you know that Sam was the true hero of the tale,” Sanya said. “That he faced far greater and more terrible… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Like Jesus, we can decide, daily or instantly, to give no heed to temptation (see D&C 20:22). We can respond to irritation… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
I am, as ever, a poor sinner, a captive of eternal love, running by the side of His triumphal chariot, and I… — Nicolaus Zinzendorf Copy Share Image
The difference between a good and a poor architect is that the poor architect succumbs to every temptation and the good one… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Don't allow distractions and temptations misguide you & satisfy you for a brief moment. Be strong & stay focused.” — Genereux Philip Copy Share Image
May God have mercy on my soul , for I am a born sinner , For I fall short to temptation. Crave… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It’s rather a strong check to one’s self-complacency to find how much of one’s right doing depends on not being in want… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“It was not a safe thing to lead Joe into temptation; he had no resistance to it at all.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. Whoever yields to temptation debases himself with a debasement from which he can… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
Most humans feel the transcendent temptation, the emotional drive to festoon the universe with large-scale meaning. — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career. — DeForest Kelley Copy Share Image
The man who is free from credulity, but knows the uncreated, who has cut all ties, removed all temptations, renounced all desires,… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
...his lips were pure temptation, soft, bitable, sensual in a way only a man's mouth could be. — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
Avoid the temptation to work so hard that there is no time left for serious thinking. — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
