The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
“Every temptation is an examination; it is either you pass or fail” — Osunsakin Adewale Copy Share Image
Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them — A.J. Cronin Copy Share Image
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers. — Gerald Jampolsky Copy Share Image
“Spiritual maturity is not defined by how well one applies Biblical principles to “suppress sin”.” — John Paul Warren Copy Share Image
... the devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for ... — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
“Life presents many challenges...Temptation is one of them.. And free will govern us all. We have the power to choose.” — Lee Monroe Copy Share Image
Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character. Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“The anticipation of eating the candy drives up temptation, but the image of already chewing and swallowing M&M's drains the energy out… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded by work,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
Decide while you're young to keep the commandments of God, and you won't have to think fast, because before temptation even steps… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Beloved youth, you will have your trials and temptations through which you must pass, but there are great moments of eternity which… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Mortality is, in reality, a very, very short period. It is literally a snap of the fingers compared to an eternity. It… — Hartman Rector, Jr Copy Share Image
The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I want to say, however, one thing our media in America has done which didn't happen in other totalitarian states is it… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Self-control Proverbs 25:28 ESV A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV… — Anne Nwakama Copy Share Image
It would be wrong of me to suppose that just because I can form private mental images, that everyone can. As Francis… — David Berman Copy Share Image
“Set the standard as high as you will; live to it as near as you can; and if you fail, try yourself,… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm… — John Owen Copy Share Image
