Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The virtue which has never been attacked by temptation is deserving of no monument. — Madeleine de Scudery Copy Share Image
Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it. — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery. — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
I retired because I had to, not because I wanted to. The temptation to get back in the ring is very much… — John Layfield Copy Share Image
The Red Sox are a religion. Every year we re-enact the agony and the temptation in the Garden. Baseball child's play? Hell,… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
When God has not taken away our trouble or temptation yet, with His grace in our lives, we are content. — T. B. Joshua Copy Share Image
The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
He was trapped in the electrochemical web of cognition, wherein curiosity leads into temptation, temptation leads into fear, and fear is considered… — Laird Barron Copy Share Image
“Perhaps you face something that is tempting you to take a more leisurely path through life, when an invitation to get up… — Paul Manwaring Copy Share Image
If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“They may take you for a fool, promise to shower you with the world, use their canny devastating tongue to manipulate and… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Temptations are part of life, part of growing up. We grapple with them often - in some instances for our lifetime -… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Some have paid me an undeserved compliment by supposing that my Letters were the ripe fruit of many years' study in moral… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It's all about getting the hand of things. Easy does it; take it easy. You'll figure everything out in time. But for… — Kate Jacobs Copy Share Image
With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
If there is something that you have to do, resist the temptation to do it under duress. Ask yourself, "What's the worst… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
No matter how old you are there's a lot of temptation in life. Whether it's temptation to have sex, do drugs, do… — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
The desire to be liked is acceptable in real life but very problematic in fiction. Pleasantness is the enemy of good fiction.… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Now, there was an anchorite called Timothy in a coenobium. The abbot, having heard of a brother who was being tempted, asked… — Poemen Copy Share Image
The very good people did not convince me; I felt they'd never been tempted. But you knew; you understood; you felt the… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
The writings of latter-day prophets clearly teach that the sorrows and sufferings endured by Adam and Eve upon their leaving the Garden… — Daniel K Judd Copy Share Image
the writer must resist this temptation [to quote] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for… — Ethel Smyth Copy Share Image
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
![“the writer must resist this temptation [to quote] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for us musicians if, arrived at a given emotional crisis in our work, we could simply stick in a few bars of Brahms or Schubert. Indeed many composers have no hesitation in so doing…” quote by Ethel Smyth](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a1c/ethel-smyth-28096_bars_the-writer-must-resist-this-temptation-t_2941921.jpg)
