The Devil has a great advantage against us inasmuch as he has a strong bastion and bulwark against us in our own… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“It was quite impossible, he found, to ask to be delivered from temptation when your heart’s desire was to be tempted unto… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Trials are nothing else but the forge that purifies the soul of all its imperfections. — Magdalena de Pazzi Copy Share Image
“God will not allow us to be overwhelmed by temptation, but with it He will provide a way of escape so that… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
“Even now as she smugly arched her brow at me, her neck curving up to my inspection as she anticipated my reply—God… — Christina Boyd Copy Share Image
The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Temptation may break me, procrastination may bind me, but motivation will push me, and devotion will save me. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Decide while you're young to keep the commandments of God, and you won't have to think fast, because before temptation even steps… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
I hope you're very careful working, eating and drinking when the heat is so great--there are temptations there which at home you… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
People have to realize that just because you're a Christian, it doesn't mean that you're perfect, because every once in a while… — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
It is a temptation to exploit one's technique because an audience is easily reached this way, but they cannot be moved by… — Alla Osipenko Copy Share Image
I nibbled my lower lip. "If you could see into my past just by touching my back, you'd have a hard time… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Temptation is as old as time; or at least, the history of temptation extends as far back as the moment Eve gave… — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
Work is the curse of the drinking class. I can resist everything except temptation. Moderation is a fatal thing - nothing succeeds… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Because the evil one is ever at work, our vigilance cannot be relaxed--not even for a moment. A small and seemingly innocent… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
A delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver… — Adrian Tan Copy Share Image
For worship is, essentially, the reverse of sin. Sin began (and begins) when we succumb to the temptation, "You shall be as… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
...home-schooled students are able to successfully adapt emotionally, interpersonally, and academically to their first, and most challenging, semester in college. That is… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
“But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you’ve made it this far, please remember: you will… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I’m a lot of things – crass, stubborn, brutally honest, egotistical – but one thing I am not, is careless. I know… — S.L. Jennings Copy Share Image
“I glanced out of my window at the grime and decay of Temptation, comparing it to Shannon’s golden world, good ole Willow’s… — Tanya Holmes Copy Share Image
Every kingdom work, whether publicly performed or privately endeavored, partakes of the kingdom's imperishable character. Every honest intention, every stumbling word of… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
When you want to make a beginning of a good deed, first prepare for temptations, which will come to you, and don't… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
There has always been discouragement, negativism, and temptation in the world because of Lucifer. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
I would dearly love to resist the temptation, if you can call it that, to worry. It's boring, it's anti-social, it's unproductive… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
The Adversary seldom loses when you play on his playing field. It's called the home court advantage. — Randall Wright Copy Share Image
Fear is the temptation to refuse what you truly want and desire even while it's easy to possess it. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live… — Bob Jones, Sr Copy Share Image
All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement. — Tami Hoag Copy Share Image
... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
This is the great work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God, and toexpect temptation… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that will get you home by nine o'clock. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Humans allow themselves to fall for temptation over and over, even knowing the problems it might cause.” — Wendy Higgins Copy Share Image
It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must… — Hyman Rickover Copy Share Image
Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that roared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image