In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian. — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Success cannot resist the temptation of consistency and persistence.” — Noel DeJesus Copy Share Image
Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
...his lips were pure temptation, soft, bitable, sensual in a way only a man's mouth could be. — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career. — DeForest Kelley Copy Share Image
Most humans feel the transcendent temptation, the emotional drive to festoon the universe with large-scale meaning. — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
The man who is free from credulity, but knows the uncreated, who has cut all ties, removed all temptations, renounced all desires,… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
There are temptations more attractive than angels. Liberty, Patriotism, the good of humanity – words like that are the silver scales of… — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
“Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.” — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
I think it takes a very generous and tolerant non-famous partner to stick with the famous person, especially if s/he wasn't famous… — Christine Sneed Copy Share Image
Sooner or later every gardener must face the fact that certain things are going to die on him. It is a temptation… — Eleanor Perenyi 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
There is a temptation for an actor to editorialize what they're doing. And you can't do that with Pinter. It's almost like… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Sex is a sensation caused by temptation when a guy sticks his location in a girls destination to increase the population of… — Mohamad Izz Khalis Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Life is full of ups and downs, twists and turns, love and loss. And life would not be worth experiencing if it… — K.M. Golland Copy Share Image
Let our hearts admit, “I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Meantime, let me ask myself one question--Which is better?--To have surrendered to temptation; listened to passion; made no painful effort--no struggle;--but to… — Charlotte Brontë 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
“The criminalization of debt, then, was the criminalization of the very basis of human society. It cannot be overemphasized that in a… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“What are you saying?” I whisper in the dark. Then I feel my hand being grabbed over the glass. “Take a sip… — R. Otic Copy Share Image
If it be taught that all who are born have a right to support on the land, whatever be their number, and… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong! — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
Many of us suffer from temptations from which we have no business to suffer. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Temptation cannot exist without the concurrence of inclination and opportunity. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When a man resists sin on human motive only, he will not hold out long. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
In life temptations are put in front of us to challenge our loyalty and respect. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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