The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Because we don't see the evil destroyed now and thus experience the suffering that evil inevitably inflicts, we are tempted to doubt… — William A. Dembski Copy Share Image
Let us never allow ourselves to think that poverty is an excuse for an invitation to totalitarianism, and if we should be… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
I don't think it's ungracious to seek cosmetic help - it has crossed my mind from time to time, and I have… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
What is this you write- 'Come home? Surely now, in our terrible dearth of workers, it is not the time for any… — Alexander Murdoch Mackay Copy Share Image
Every time I come across a rattlesnake on my farm I initially react in fear and am tempted to kill it. Then… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
I sometimes say to people who have life-challenging illnesses: "Right now you are tempted to think that if you were physically well… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
God indeed tempteth no man; but yet we ask, in this petition, that he would keep and preserve us, lest the devil,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
But most critically, sweet, never try to change the narrative structure of someone else's story, though you will certainly be tempted to,… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
We are Adam and Eve born out of chaos called creation Ribbing me gave you life yet you forget there will always… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
All religions, at one point or another in their evolution tried to proclaim their single, inerrant consistency. All religions even the most… — Sarah Miles Copy Share Image
Liberals want to set up social welfare committees to help whites and West Indians love each other in Birmingham. But all such… — Lewis Nkosi Copy Share Image
“You sure are a sweet girl, Scout. I'm half tempted to keep you." "Ummm... Thanks?" Knowing she was a potential Alpha I… — Tammy Blackwell Copy Share Image
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness is Adophe Monod at his best. It is a masterpiece, bringing together profound comfort, realistic understanding, practical… — Joel Beeke Copy Share Image
Even the wisest of mankind cannot live by reason alone; pure arrogant reason, denying the claims of prejudice (which commonly are also… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we're tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
There are times when one is tempted to say that the great, sprawling, lethargic sin of Sloth is the oldest and greatest… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
We can invoke spiritual compensation when we find ourselves in situations of material lack. In other words, what happens for most of… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
Today is the first of August. It is hot, steamy and wet. It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem.… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I have more appreciation for why the Bible avoids fuzzy psychologisms and says simply to the stealer, "Steal no more," and to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Some have been tempted to revise Jesus’ command to read, "Go ye into all the world, keep your blood pressure down, and,… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after a while we're not going… — Max Baucus Copy Share Image
Most religion-mongers have bated their paradises with a bit of toasted cheese. They have tempted the body with large promises of possessions… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Hearing that the same men who brought us 'South Park' were mounting a musical to be called 'The Book of Mormon,' we… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Temptations are just around.. and its up to you on how you handle it..if you dont want to be tempted . then… — Megz Copy Share Image
The next time you’re tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
There were times when I was tempted to do wrong, and could have went that way. But I knew it wasn't for… — Shannon Briggs Copy Share Image
When tempted to be unfaithful, the intellectual woman will try to inspire her husband with indifference, the sentimental woman with hatred, and… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control… — L. Lionel Kendrick Copy Share Image
I am tempted to say that a doctorate in AI would be negatively useful, but I am not one to hold someone’s… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
I'm coming from journalism, but at the same time I'm tempted by poetry, politics, and maybe the idea of being a witness,… — Raymond Depardon Copy Share Image
I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
The opposite of thinking clearly is being muddled. To be conscious of being muddled is a horrible experience. To avoid it we… — Susan Stebbing Copy Share Image
