I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“You know, it's never wise to tempt the devil" His gaze lowered to her hand, still locked in his grip, her finger… — Kristen Callihan Copy Share Image
Where unclarity resides, there is temptation, and there it proves only too easily the stronger. Wherever there is ambiguity, wherever there is… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation. — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
A world of little cares is continually arising, which busy or affluent life knows nothing of, to open the first door to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
The opposite of love? Vice. Temptation. The negative influences that we have. The bad energy that comes around us and makes us… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
“There are many roads in this world that will guide you to pleasurable, fun, and exciting destinations that do not end in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
I don't want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Here’s a hand to the boy who has courage To do what he knows to be right; When he falls in the… — Phoebe Cary Copy Share Image
“I knew how one climbing the mountain of worldly success can slip down into the river below without being conscious of the… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
Temptation is something that comes along when you're doing something you don't want to do. — Trent Williams Copy Share Image
We cannot get by Auschwitz. We should not even try, as great as the temptation is, because Auschwitz belongs to us, is… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the… — Kelly McGonigal Copy Share Image
Satan's primary temptation strategy is to try and make us forget what God has said about us and to evaluate our standing… — J. D. Greear Copy Share Image
The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger. — Phyllis Bottome Copy Share Image
There's a great temptation to clean everything up and make everything more perfect. You have to know when to stop and stop… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
