Temptation Quotes · Page 7

One does not simply drive home from McDonalds without eating any fries.

— Anonymous

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

— Mark Twain

Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Do not mistake temptation for opportunity.

— Anonymous

The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.

— Francois Fenelon

“Without temptation what value is virtue?”

— Ian Brady

“Temptation is a clever craftsman. He is able to make small things loom large.”

— Anonymous

“Lead me not into temptation. I can find it myself. (T-Shirt)”

— Darynda Jones

This bizarre industry presents so many paths of temptation. If you don't have some kind of foundation, typically from family, then it…

— Elijah Wood

The film The Last Temptation of Christ, no matter what its defenders say, was a slap in the face to Christians everywhere.

— Mickey Rooney

Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality.

— Paulo Coelho

I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.

— C.D. Payne

Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.

— Dinesh D'Souza

Only the desert has a fascination--to ride alone--in the sun in the forever unpossessed country--away from man. That is a great temptation.

— D. H. Lawrence

artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.

— Phyllis Bottome

Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.

— Earl Wilson

You are out of the way of temptation and out of the way of the tempter - I didn't mean to make…

— Emily Dickinson

We over-estimate the conscience of our friend. His goodness seems better than our goodness, his nature finer, his temptations less. Everything that…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I wouldn't call myself a leader. I don't want to lead people, I want to tempt them, I want to create a…

— Paul van Dyk

Early on in the writing process, there is sometimes this temptation to write around the central drama instead of just aiming for…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

There's a great temptation to clean everything up and make everything more perfect. You have to know when to stop and stop…

— David Byrne

Love is a sensation, caused by temptation when a guy sticks his location in a girls destination to increase the population for…

— Bernajoy Vaal

When I know things are not for me, I learn to let go. It doesn't mean I'm weak but I'm just showing…

— Anonymous

We have no sufficient strength of our own. All our sufficiency is of God. We should stir up ourselves to resist temptations…

— Matthew Henry

For as a city which has been once besieged and not sacked will ever after be more strong to hold out if…

— George Downame

“It was a good two minutes before either of them was inclined, or indeed able, to speak. Simon’s head was whirling with…

— Lisa Kleypas

As any sin passes through its stages from temptation, to toleration, to approval, its name is first euphemized, then avoided, then forgotten.…

— J. Budziszewski

“For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you…

— Joyce Meyer

“She held him at arms’ length, looked at the pipe still gripped in his hand, then looked at his face and read…

— Chester Himes

Whoever has the power to label others as evil is automatically, or reflexively, the good person. Good people label bad people as…

— Philip Zimbardo

One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely…

— John Fowles

Women have traditionally been either put on pedestals or damned as the source of all sexual temptation and sin. These are two…

— Hugh Hefner

Sometimes the devil tempts me to believe in God.

— Bill Vaughan

Every Christian is endued with a power whereby he is enabled to resist temptations.

— John Tillotson

One of the greatest temptations in life, is to settle for less than you worth!

— Anonymous

Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.

— Ovid

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

— Park Chan-wook

“Confusing the weight of sins actually hurts our ability to resist temptation.”

— John Eldredge

I'm not giving into temptation because I'm not THAT desperate for your attention.

— Anonymous

“There is no memory less satisfying than a temptation that we resisted.”

— Erin Mccarthy