Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you,… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Frequently renew settled and holy resolutions. A soldier unresolved to fight may be easily defeated...The weakness of our graces, the strength of… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Temptation may even be a blessing to a man when it reveals to him his weakness and drives him to the almighty… — F.B. Meyer Copy Share Image
Temptation is a fearful word. It indicates the beginning of a possible series of infinite evils. It is the ringing of an… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
That free will was demonstrated in the placing of temptation before man with the command not to eat of the fruit of… — Kenneth Scott Latourette Copy Share Image
I would urge my fellow conservatives to avoid the temptation to crow about it or take credit. — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
As the pilot of a vessel is tried in the storm; as the wrestler is tried in the ring, the soldier in… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor.… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Often the work of the Lord itself may be a temptation to keep us from that communion with Him which is so… — George Muller Copy Share Image
I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement.… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
The soul is bound to the body by a chain of desires, temptations, troubles and worries, and it is trying to free… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Mere mental assimilation of these truths cannot withstand temptation, however. The revelation of God is positively essential. The Spirit of God must… — Watchman Nee 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
Nobody knows that in reading we are re-living our temptations to be a poet. All readers who have a certain passion for… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
“If we would answer the question of the existence of the Evil then we would not be sinners, we could make something… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
They wanted me to do movies and television when I was very young, and it was a big temptation, but I really… — Barbara Sukowa Copy Share Image
Fill your life with service to others. As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven’s children, Satan’s temptations… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Let our hearts admit, “I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Since all human governments, like all human individuals, are subject to temptation, especially the temptation to use this God-given role for their… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Not only did we read a lot at home, we also watched a lot of films. So I had already seen a… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
To evade such temptations is the first duty of the poet. For as the ear is the antechamber to the soul, poetry… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
