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
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
“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 is not enough to simply remove temptation. We must beat it away, burn it, suppress it, combat it with as much… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
“Temptation is not limitation ; when you fail does not mean you cannot win , press forward and keep faith, for one… — Osunsakin Adewale Copy Share Image
If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
The work that leads to a doctor's degree is a constant temptation to sacrifice one's growth as a man to one's growth… — William James Copy Share Image
Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away paradise. Therefore in all temptations consider not what he offers, but what we shall… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged. — Steve Lacy 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
In the quiet hours, in the heat of battle, and through the hazards of the day; in times of temptation, of sorrow,… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you… — Paul the Apostle Copy Share Image
Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents,… — Samuel Johnson 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
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
The road is a fun place, and it's a great place to get out there and explore the country. But as far… — Scotty McCreery Copy Share Image
The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite… — Fred Barnes 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
“Do you really think ... that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you… — Joyce Meyer 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
For as a city which has been once besieged and not sacked will ever after be more strong to hold out if… — George Downame Copy Share Image
“It was a good two minutes before either of them was inclined, or indeed able, to speak. Simon’s head was whirling with… — Lisa Kleypas 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
“Temptation is a clever craftsman. He is able to make small things loom large.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every Christian is endued with a power whereby he is enabled to resist temptations. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
One of the greatest temptations in life, is to settle for less than you worth! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door forever. — Suzanne Woods Fisher Copy Share Image
Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect. — Ovid Copy Share Image