Admirable Quote by Bertrand Russell

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses.

— Franklin P. Jones

Good habits, imperceptibly fixed, are far preferable to the precepts of reason.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.

— Louisa May Alcott

Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not…

— Seneca the Younger

“The proverb warnes you'',''dont bite the hand that feeds you,''but maybe you should,''if it prevents you from feeding yourself.”

— Thomas Szasz

“Choice—to do and think right Refusal—of temptation Yearning—to be better Repulsion—of negativity, of bad influences, of what isn’t true Preparation—for what lies ahead or…

— Ryan Holiday

Predigested food' should be inscribed over every hall of learning as a warning to all who do not wish to lose their own personalities…

— Emma Goldman

Temptations come to fulfill three purposes, to grant you unqualified to claim your blessings ahead; to disarm you, for you to be exposed to…

— Michael Mbuko

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

— Charles Buxton

The most familiar precepts are not always the truest.

— Marcel Proust

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded

— Minnie Maddern Fiske

Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable.

— Leonid Shamkovich