The only right a Christian has is the right to give up his rights. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“The Lord's Prayer is less than fifty words long, and six of those words are devoted to asking God not to lead… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
One learns more metaphysics from a single temptation than from all the philosophers. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
For anyone who lives in the oak-and-maple area of New England, there is a perennial temptation to plunge into a purple sea… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
The people who need to overcome temptation to the highest degree have the hardest time doing it. — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“To lessen or destroy sexual pleasure is to lessen temptation; a fallback in case the religious injunctions on veiling and seclusion somehow… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts—it’s able to endure temptations—because it faces [them], not because it pretends [they’re] not there.” — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
Give the composer time to experiment, time to try out ideas. Also, the time to fail. When the composer has very little… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
“But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you've made it this far, please remember: you will… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
This coarse and insulting way of regarding woman, as though they existed merely to be the safety-valves of men's passions, and that… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Your personal values are not just what you espouse. It is how you behave and react in the face of temptation, under… — Prakah Iyer Copy Share Image
C. S. Lewis observed that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The body doesn't accept the lack of food, and it suffers from the temptation of food and from other aspects which gnaw… — Bobby Sands Copy Share Image
Prayer is not intended to change God's purpose, nor is it to move Him to form fresh purposes. God has decreed that… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
It’s all about sticking to your plan and experiencing feelings as they arise. If you are unwilling to feel your feelings, the… — Ed Seykota Copy Share Image
“The second cause whence these rebellions sometimes proceed is the devil, who, in order to disquiet and disturb the soul, at times… — Juan de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton wrote, “there is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.” There is always an… — Annie Dillard 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
Prayer is often a temptation to bank on a miracle of God instead of on a moral issue, i.e., it is much… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I think what you see a lot of in American religion, even in areas of American Christianity that don't go all the… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“Did you already forget how to promise?” I worm my pinkie around his and squeeze. He squeezes back and lowers our joined… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“winds of temptation rise against you, if you strike against the reefs of temptation, look at the star, call on Mary. If… — Francis Fernandez Copy Share Image
“Explaining temptation by saying “God is testing me” or “Satan is attacking me” positions “me” either as the victim, if I am… — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
The only trouble with resisting temptation is that you may not get another chance — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The only way to banish temptation is to give in to it," the saying went.” — Nikki Sex Copy Share Image