Novels help us to resist the temptation to think of the past as deficient. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“The only way to banish temptation is to give in to it," the saying went.” — Nikki Sex Copy Share Image
People are rarely diabolic or bent enthusiastically on evil. As a rule, they are only weak; they cannot resist temptation and thus… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
One learns more metaphysics from a single temptation than from all the philosophers. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
For anyone who lives in the oak-and-maple area of New England, there is a perennial temptation to plunge into a purple sea… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
The people who need to overcome temptation to the highest degree have the hardest time doing it. — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Alcohol leaves u Breathless. Drugs leave u Senseless.. Evil Leaves u HeartLess. Death Leaves u LifeLess. -----ûûBut Jesus won't leave u Regardless — Ms Paradeez Copy Share Image
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred. — William Taylor Copy Share Image
What lurking temptations to forbidden tenderness find their finding-places in a woman's dressing-gown, when she is alone in her room at night! — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
It struck me, sharp and hard, that I had been given so many chances to save my soul that my entire life… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
The emphasis of that statement about my temptation to switch to the separatist side in Quebec was that someone who obviously loves… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
The opposite of love? Vice. Temptation. The negative influences that we have. The bad energy that comes around us and makes us… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“ 'It's okay. I understand that you're tempted and know you shouldn't grab the apple, and when you did you wanted to… — Barbara Elsborg Copy Share Image
Temptation isn't a sin that you triumph over once, completely and then you're free. Temptation slips into bed with you each night… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
There's always a temptation, I think, among some historical writers to shade things toward the modern point of view. You know, they… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
A temptation is the universe's gracious way of allowing a soul to evolve without creating negative karma. In other words, a temptation… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
Without (my wife) Laurie, I would never be here right now, I know that. I would either be in a coffin, or… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness is Adophe Monod at his best. It is a masterpiece, bringing together profound comfort, realistic understanding, practical… — Joel Beeke Copy Share Image
“How would you judge the lawfulness or unlawfulness of "pleasure?" Use this rule: Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your… — Susanna Wesley Copy Share Image
“The majority enjoy a young girl as they enjoy a glass of champagne, at one effervescent moment-oh, yes, that is really beautiful,… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It is fundamental that the great powers of Congress to conduct war and to regulate the Nation's foreign relations are subject to… — Arthur Goldberg Copy Share Image
What were you thinking? You just met him. (Selena) I know. It’s so not like me, but I couldn’t help myself. It… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Lying is a crime the least liable to variation in its definitions. A child will upon the slightest temptation tell an untruth… — Joseph Priestley Copy Share Image
How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
The only trouble with resisting temptation is that you may not get another chance — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Power was my weakness and my temptation. And Miguel Sano is very tempting. But he is not weak. He is very, very… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Jesus's first temptation was to be relevant: to turn stones into bread. Oh, how often I wished I could do that! — Mike Ditka Copy Share Image
When temptation comes your way, name that boastful, deceitful giant “Goliath!” and do with it as David did to the Philistine of… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
