We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
When fleeing the scene of temptation, do not leave a forwarding address. — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Hard workers are usually honest; industry lifts them above temptation. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
“There can be no faith without doubt. No strength without temptation.” — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
A fast to be true must be accompanied by a readiness to receive pure thoughts and determination to resist all Satan's temptations. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The only impregnable citadel of virtue is religion; for there is no bulwark of mere morality, which some temptation may not overtop… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way. — Ugo Betti Copy Share Image
I never wanted the temptation to imitate or emulate something that had been done beforehand. — Tyler Hoechlin Copy Share Image
Have you been tormented with fears and doubts? Bombarded with temptation to sin? Try praising the Lord, and watch Satan flee. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
Do not avoid temptation because it will land you on the next level... It's there to make you stronger. — Olajide Oluwatobiloba Copy Share Image
Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The Holy Ghost is the only One who can detect the temptations of Satan, neither our common sense nor our human wisdom… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“I reached out and wrapped my fingers around him. I pumped all that solid thickness with a soft groan. I felt more… — James Cox Copy Share Image
Most investors are pretty smart. Yet most investors also remain heavily invested in actively managed stock funds. This is puzzling. The temptation,… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclinations… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Faith, indeed, has up to the present not been able to move real mountains… But it can put mountains where there are… — Robert Orben 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 noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior.… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“I'm still trying to find the words to heal you, To take your pain and make it all my own So your… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
Very simply, the Spirit of Elijah is the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of Elijah will influence anyone who is involved in this… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The Church is likewise conscious of the responsibility which all of us have for our world, for the whole of creation, which… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The things that tempt us do not come from external persuasions…they originate from our very own hearts. They’re conceived there, entertained by… — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
Philosophers should resist the temptation to be publicly virtuous. Given an unjust society, from the vantage of what counts as the public… — Ray Brassier Copy Share Image
“When the storms of temptation encompass you, look up to this star, invoke Mary. When the waves of pride are washing over… — Carrie Gress Copy Share Image
“I know that whatever the complex origins of my own homosexuality are, there have been conscious choices I've made to indulge -… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
