We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives. — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
There are some temptations which are so strong that they must be virtues. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I have the financial morals of a goldfish, I can resist everything but temptation. — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
“There are some temptations that cannot be resisted, some lessons we never learn.” — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
Remember sometimes just the rush of having a crush is a temptation, even if it is inappropriate, but beware of playing with… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
Women are not thousands of temptations to hell. They are thousands of reminders of the beauty of heaven. — Jason Evert Copy Share Image
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I sell dreams, small comforts, sweet harmless temptations to bring down a multitude of saints crashing among the hazels and nougatines — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“Touch but don't stroke. Eat but don't lick. Desire but don't lust. Sanity is yesterday's child.” — Iva Hotko Copy Share Image
Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say… — John Owen 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
“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
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
God tested Abraham. Temptation is not meant to make us fail; it is meant to confront us with a situation out of… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
“A line from The Picture of Dorian Gray kept running through my head- a line which, I thought, might have been written… — Syrie James Copy Share Image
Our consumer-oriented economy wouldn't survive without economic growth. The whole mechanism depends on invention and insinuation of novelties, arousing new wants, seduction… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“It is a horrible thing that those who oppose Christ oppose themselves and in their opposition to Christ they are bound by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She turned away in dismissal, only to have him grab her hand and whirl her around again. Before her startled gasp died,… — Norah Wilson Copy Share Image
It often happens that we pray God to deliver us from some dangerous temptation, and yet God does not hear us but… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Whoever has the power to label others as evil is automatically, or reflexively, the good person. Good people label bad people as… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity; prayer gives us strength to rise up… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
People are complicated creatures. On the one hand, capable of great acts of charity, and on the other, capable of the most… — Mary Alice Copy Share Image
If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is not the great temptations that ruin us; it is the little ones. — John William De Forest Copy Share Image
Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial analysis. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image