The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Most (Christians) have an ungrounded trust in Christ, hoping that He will pardon, justify and save them, while the world has their… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect. — Ovid Copy Share Image
“He's unspoiled. We're all scoundrels, and he's only pretending to be one. He's a pure soul." "Yes, until he runs into temptation… — Vladimir Stanković Copy Share Image
If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Temptation is the feeling we get when encountered by an opportunity to do what we innately know we shouldn't. — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
The temptation to add features to a program must be resisted as strongly as possible. This requires the dedication of a saint — Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
No one can sense his own weakness is at least a small temptation is not allowed to afflict either his body or… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
You have a heritage honor it. You have posses a testimony share it. You will face temptations withstand it. You know the… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Ah, my brother, it is a far harder thing, and it is afar higher proof of a thorough-going, persistent, Christian principle woven… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
I always say God doesn't need me, but I need Him in my life to survive in this world and over temptation.… — Albert Pujols Copy Share Image
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than… — Charlotte Dacre Copy Share Image
C. S. Lewis observed that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Hope is a fire more ravenous than the flames of temptation. For if only a portion of it poisons your veins, it… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
It is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
Sooner or later every gardener must face the fact that certain things are going to die on him. It is a temptation… — Eleanor Perenyi Copy Share Image
Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well… — James L. Buckley Copy Share Image
“It is an old story, that men sell themselves to the tempter, and sign a bond with their blood, because it is… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
