There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
When you want to make a beginning of a good deed, first prepare for temptations, which will come to you, and don't… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
It is too late if we wait until the moment of temptation before making our decision. — Nathan Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
It was great for that to be my first movie with such a wonderful cast, and such a huge movie. And now… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Prayer is not appointed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed as a… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I do not have a merchandise line. I don't sell knives or apparel. Though I have been approached to endorse various products… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
All the great temptations appear first in the region of the mind and can be fought and conquered there. We have been… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
Were you to ask what are the means of overcoming temptations, I would answer: The first means is prayer; the second is… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
The path of the seeker is full of pitfalls and temptations, and the seeker must walk it alone with God. I would… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
In any trial, in any bitter situation, you are not alone, you are not helpless, you are not a victim. You have… — Kay Arthur Copy Share Image
A young man before he leaves the shelter of his father's house, and the guard of a tutor, should be fortify'd with… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The world can be a challenging and difficult place in which to live. We are often surrounded by that which would drag… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
The protection of a ten-year-old girl from her father's advances is a necessary condition of social order, but the protection of the… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
There will be increasing temptation to watch movies where you want to when you want to, and so I'm very focused on… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any way that war can have a place in peace. I think that peace is the active and… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver… — Adrian Tan Copy Share Image
The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
