No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . .… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Watch constantly against those things which are thought to be no temptations. The most poisonous serpents are found where the sweetest flowers… — Charles Spurgeon 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
When you really put your heart and soul into something, the temptation is to try to be in control of circumstances, however… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I have a simple principle for the conduct of life- never to resist an adequate temptation. — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
When you have to rehearse with some gorgeous lady and have to kiss her, there has to be temptation. — Bernard Cribbins Copy Share Image
What is impossible to me as an imitator of Christ, becomes perfectly natural as a participant of Christ. It is Only when… — F. Huegel Copy Share Image
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet… — James Madison Copy Share Image
This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
If thou least fallen into sin through violent temptations, seek speedily for repentance for it, recovery out of it, and reformation from… — Vavasor Powell Copy Share Image
Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph? — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
Remove all the junk from one's house. Then one doesn't have to deal with the temptation. If you get hungry enough, you… — Michael Greger 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
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“In moments of unmet desire, heartbreak, or grief, Satan sends a poisonous arrow of doubt straight at your heart. This was his… — Marian Jordan Ellis Copy Share Image
I never wanted the temptation to imitate or emulate something that had been done beforehand. — Tyler Hoechlin Copy Share Image
I counsel you, in the words of Jesus Christ, to "watch and pray I always lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
