We should be on our guard against the temptation to argue directly from skill to capacity, and to assume when a man… — Tom Hatherley Pear Copy Share Image
“Probably he had some endearing trait: he whistled, offkey, in the shower, he had a yen for truffles, he called his dog… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The temptation, when you go into Kickstarter, is that the first three days are wonderful, and you believe you're a god. You… — Peter Molyneux Copy Share Image
In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and… — Johann Arndt Copy Share Image
Mere mental assimilation of these truths cannot withstand temptation, however. The revelation of God is positively essential. The Spirit of God must… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Staying curious and open is what makes growth possible, and it requires practice to maintain that mindset. To keep learning, we have… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
Take my advice, dear reader, don’t talk epigrams even if you have the gift. I know, to those have, the temptation is… — Joseph P. Farrell Copy Share Image
With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact it’s essential to slow down… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
When I said on national television I still struggle, a reparative therapist called me and said if you'll come into therapy with… — Alan Chambers Copy Share Image
“When we are needy Christ does His best work, but be warned. Someone, maybe even some well-meaning soul, is going to tell… — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
This book was not written because I wanted to offer a supreme model to the man who struggles; I wanted to show… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I wrote Normal Life using concepts that have been helpful to me, and hoping to offer those as accessible tools for thinking… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
Just as the law in civilized countries assumes that the voice of conscience tells everybody, "Thou shalt not kill," even though man's… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Many flatter themselves and consider themselves to be good, humble, and meek, but they will discover the contrary under temptation. Do not… — Tikhon of Zadonsk Copy Share Image
There is no enemy can hurt us but by our own hands. Satan could not hurt us, if our own corruption betrayed… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Really? And what curse befalls the Adams of the world?" Ann opens her mouth and, presumably thinking of nothing to say, closes… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“Foulgrin: "If you can keep Fletcher from saying a definitive no to a temptation, you've won. Whatever is not a no is… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
The difference between those whom the world esteems as good and those whom it condemns as bad, is in many cases little… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without;… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
[Censors are] people with secret attractions to various temptations... They are defending themselves under the pretext of defending others, because at heart… — Ernest Jones Copy Share Image
When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
To those men and women in business, remember the ultimate end of your work: to make a better product, to create better… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
You've been brought up like a gentleman and a Christian, and I should be false to the trust laid upon me by… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“He had more of Carina during these summer months than he’d ever had with her when they were fuck buddies and attempting… — Senayda Pierre Copy Share Image
I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus assumes that asking for forgiveness would be a daily occurrence, as would praying that we might be… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
I think it's the tendency to want to create gods and monotheistic absolutes and absolute certainties that is the continual temptation in… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
“If you Surrender to temptation then weak is your soul, for you like grass that alows the wind to be its "control… — Morgan Chabane Copy Share Image
Where unclarity resides, there is temptation, and there it proves only too easily the stronger. Wherever there is ambiguity, wherever there is… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The very word woman in the writings of the church fathers stood for the basest of temptations... As women were lowered in… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
I think it takes a very generous and tolerant non-famous partner to stick with the famous person, especially if s/he wasn't famous… — Christine Sneed Copy Share Image
A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
Were you to ask what are the means of overcoming temptations, I would answer: The first means is prayer; the second is… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Sooner or later every gardener must face the fact that certain things are going to die on him. It is a temptation… — Eleanor Perenyi Copy Share Image
There is a temptation for an actor to editorialize what they're doing. And you can't do that with Pinter. It's almost like… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Sex is a sensation caused by temptation when a guy sticks his location in a girls destination to increase the population of… — Mohamad Izz Khalis Copy Share Image
“You know, it's never wise to tempt the devil" His gaze lowered to her hand, still locked in his grip, her finger… — Kristen Callihan Copy Share Image
The most critical case in a corporation, especially a big one, is when everything goes well, when you have accomplished your objectives.… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
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