People are tempted to think (understandably) that if God were really good He'd never allow any evil in the world at all.… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’s length. Yet Jesus wants us… — Pope Francis 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
Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it… — Vincent Van Gogh 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
Anyone who was tempted to draw comparisons between my father's 'Dave Robicheaux' series and my first book quickly gave up. — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have… — Gail Simmons Copy Share Image
We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to "truthiness." I am also someone who has been trained in… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Avoid idleness, and fill up all the spaces of thy time with severe and useful employment; for lust easily creeps in at… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book. — Geoffrey Fisher 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
It is often said that the modern exhibition has ruined painting. It is an unfortunate fact that it does encourage competition, so… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
Many of us are tempted to find the key in doing, but the answer is actually found in being. It is vital… — Alistair Begg 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
Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
The tempter or the tempted, who sins most? Ha! Not she: nor doth she tempt: but it is I That, lying by… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The very good people didn't convince me; I felt they'd never been tempted. But you knew; you understood; you had felt the… — Edith Wharton 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
