Tempt Quotes

108 quotes by 91 authors

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows… — Alton Brown
The devil's characteristic has been to originate sin and tempt others to sin — Wayne Grudem
The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world. — Mike Tyson
Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him "all the kingdoms… — John Owen
It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it. — Niccolo Machiavelli
There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fish is meant to tempt as well as nourish, and everything that lives in water is seductive. — Jean-Paul Aron
I be yellin out money over everything, money on my mind then she wanna ask when it got so empty. Tell her I apologize, happened… — Drake
The commas are the most useful and usable of all the stops. It is highly important to put them in place as you go along.… — Lewis Thomas
Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our… — Otis Williams
To deny ones' true nature and the gifts given you by the gods is to tempt disaster. You cannot hide behind the mask forever. — Midori Snyder
Some people say that you should not tempt fate and for them I cannot disagree, but I never learned anything from playing it safe. I… — Mary Chapin Carpenter
Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it will go out… — John Owen
You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure. — Brandon Sanderson
The Devil, having nothing else to do Went off to tempt my Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private whim, To his extreme annoyance,… — Hilaire Belloc
From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The… — Charles Caleb Colton
And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd… — Oliver Goldsmith
A baby's feet, like sea-shells pink Might tempt, should heaven see meet, An angel's lips to kiss, we think, A baby's feet. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue… — William Booth
To see the dull indifference, the negligent and thoughtless air that sits upon the faces of a whole assembly, while the psalm is upon their… — Isaac Watts

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