Giving into temptation doesn't ALWAYS show a sign of weakness. Temptation can be a risk, and a risk takes courage. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema,… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
My temptation is quiet. Here at life's end Neither loose imagination Nor the mill of the mind Consuming its rag and bone,… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
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
“Could you not watch one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. – Mark 14:37–38” — Robert J. Morgan Copy Share Image
Our suffering is not worthy the name of suffering. When I consider my crosses, tribulations, and temptations, I shame myself almost to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“The temptation to level off [your giving] increases with each passing year. Pride tells you that you've sacrificed more than others. Fear… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Sex is a sensation caused by temptation. a guy sticks his location in a girl's destination. to increase population of the next… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God,… — John Owen Copy Share Image
From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“You want to forget about war and duty? Come home with me.” She cleared her throat, dragging his gaze back to her… — Rebecca Zanetti Copy Share Image
“It is not the best for us to lay embago on the industries that produce temptations. What we need to do is… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we… — Tom Robbins 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
To forgive another from the heart is an act of liberation. We set that person free from the negative bonds that exist… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The Atonement of Jesus Christ and the healing it offers do much more than provide the opportunity for repentance from sins. The… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
I had prepared myself for prison and torture as a soldier in peacetime prepares for the hardships of war. I had studied… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
In many ways, large profits are even more insidious than large losses in terms of emotional destabilization. I think it's important not… — William Eckhardt Copy Share Image
We are not made up only of our light and happiness but also of darkness and sorrow. To deny the darkness of… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Regular reading of and talking about the Book of Mormon invite the power to resist temptation and to produce feelings of love… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before. — John Owen Copy Share Image
“But, Dandelion, I could never resist the temptation of having a look at something that doesn’t exist.” — Andrzej Sapkowski Copy Share Image
We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want. — Don Mattingly Copy Share Image
“A relationship is like being in a forest, where snakes lurk awaiting the chance to entice.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Life is so messy that the temptation to straighten it up is very strong. And the results always illusory. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, when you fast in the Spirit, God makes you more equipped to deal with hunger, irritability, and temptation. — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
Has there not been, sometimes, this temptation to do a great deal for Christ, but not to live a great deal with… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Adam and Eve chose what was easy (their selfish desire) over what they thought was hard (resisting temptation), and discovered that the… — Mark Casto Copy Share Image
We must get over wanting to be needed-this is the hardest of all temptations to resist — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them. — Otis Williams Copy Share Image
“Some, they didn't make it. The temptation just too strong. How can darkness cloud the mind To what I know as wrong?” — Kimberly Nalen Copy Share Image
Jesus was not tempted to see if He would fall. He was tempted to show that He could not fall. — J. Vernon McGee Copy Share Image
Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than… — Charlotte Dacre Copy Share Image