All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live… — Bob Jones, Sr Copy Share Image
It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama. — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
“Why be tempted by one man's seduction, when you can be loved by three?” — Houston Havens Copy Share Image
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I have no desire to go anywhere near drugs. People say, "Aren't you tempted?" No, because of the ridiculousness of it. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I once heard a preacher who sorely tempted me to go to church no more. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Let no one who has the slightest desire to live in peace and quietness be tempted, under any circumstances, to enter upon… — William Thoms Copy Share Image
It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible Gods and Goddesses. To remember that the dullest, and most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you disagree with them you may be tempted to interrupt. But don't. It is dangerous. They won't pay attention to you… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted… — Natalie MacMaster Copy Share Image
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
On Halloween, don't you know back when you were little, your mom tells you don't eat any candy until she checks it?… — Derrick Rose Copy Share Image
Every day God patiently bears with us, and every day we are tempted to become impatient with our friends, neighbors, and loved… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Do this and you will be an apostle, a fulfiller of what the Lord chose you for, an accomplisher of your calling… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
If we lose a job, we are easily tempted into thoughts like, "Ain't it awful? There aren't any jobs out there. This… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be censorious of his neighbors. Every one of his opinions appears to him written, as… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
As I came home through the woods with my string of fish, trailing my pole, it being now quite dark, I caught… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Satan frequently steals the will of God from us due to reasoning. The Lord may direct us to do a certain thing,… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Poverty, we may say, surrounds a man with ready-made barriers, which if they do mournfully gall and hamper, do at least prescribe… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The bacillus of efficiency has also attacked football, and some dare to ask what's the point in playing well. I feel tempted… — Jorge Valdano Copy Share Image
We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough. — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing. — Stephen Mitchell Copy Share Image
I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
To be tempted and indulged by the city's most brilliant chefs. It's the dream of every one of us in love with… — Gael Greene Copy Share Image
A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
Don't be tempted by the things your friends have, do, or like...You are not like them. Concentrate on doing what you are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I almost didn't turn pro at all. I was tempted to be a career amateur. I worked as an investment banker for… — Matt Kuchar Copy Share Image
Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
It is very dangerous to make a person larger than life because, then, young men and women are tempted to believe, well,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I moved to New York was because I thought it would be easier to say no to dreadful… — Kathryn Harrold Copy Share Image
Main Street investors, who cannot trade credit default swaps, should not be tempted to trade an instrument with the same risk profile… — Daniel L. Doctoroff Copy Share Image
In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted… — Evelyn Underhill 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
Try to see the good in others. When you're tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
