“With every morn my life afresh must break The crust of self, gathered about me fresh; That thy wind-spirit may rush in… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Stephen rubbed at his face. “Look, I have three choices. I never see you again so I’m not tempted; I give in… — K.J. Charles Copy Share Image
I've certainly had periods when I felt like life was winning and I was losing, so I think everybody can relate to… — Malcolm Gets Copy Share Image
I have to resist the temptation to want to learn everything. You know, you can't. You have to restrict yourself at some… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me.… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
Happy couples resist the temptation to go to bed at different times. They go to bed at the same time, even if… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Temptations are like tramps. Treat them kindly, and they will return bringing others with them. Temptations are never so dangerous as when… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
I'm glad that I didn't have the Internet when I started writing. I started writing when I was 20 and didn't show… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
"With any major decision there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been illumination, beware the temptation to retreat… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in… — Glen E. Morrell Copy Share Image
Choice is bondage, choicelessness freedom. The moment you choose something, you have fallen in the trap of the world. If you can… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“There are some things in my past that I'd like to do over. The temptation to reset things is so alluring... But...… — Minari Endou Copy Share Image
The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance,… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Self-absorption is always a temptation to young people, and if their religion is of a sort to add to this self-absorption, I… — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
“In answer to modern requests for signs and wonders, Our Lord might say, 'You repeat Satan's temptation, whenever you admire the wonders… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“The Christian does not avoid sin to achieve salvation, but rather salvation brings him to a desire not to sin. The closer… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
When tempted, the shortest and surest way is to act like a little child at the breast; when we show it a… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
It's hard to resist the temptation of loving someone for the sake of being with someone, so I think you are really… — Leap Years Copy Share Image
It’s the great temptation for small groups of people to slide into a state where they’re not quite telling each other the… — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It's the easiest way out, and the… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
You think that you can judge what's good or evil from whether you enjoy doing it or not. You think that evil… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
To appear to be on the inside and know more than others about what is going on is a great temptation for… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
The temptation in any approaching crisis or conflict is, because people haven't got a clue what lies ahead, they're always searching into… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
You’d get very rich if you thought of yourself as having a card with only twenty punches in a lifetime, and every… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We always have visions, before a thing is made real. When we realize that although the vision is real, it is not… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Why is it that any time we speak of temptation we always speak of temptation as something that inclines us to wrong.… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for… — James L. Buckley Copy Share Image
“The heart seeks good but temptation resists evil & God's laws are broken to the extent of the darkness w/in an individual… — terry Copy Share Image
“But really, why should you distress yourself? Whoever stirs up the past — out with his eye! Who is not a sinner… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
My first film was with Cuba Gooding Jr, 'The Fighting Temptations,' and I had a little part here and there on little… — NeNe Leakes Copy Share Image
Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
“Whenever i see someone fighting me for no reason, I'm always highly impressed that God has instigated his anger against me, just… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
“Oil kindles extraordinary emotions and hopes, since oil is above all a great temptation. It is the temptation of ease, wealth, strength,… — Ryszard Kapuściński Copy Share Image
Heed not Mephistopheles, my children, lest you suffer eternal damnation. When he whispers in your ear, turn away your head and hearken… — Harry Segall Copy Share Image
I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone,… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
