Tempt Quotes

108 quotes by 91 authors

Winning does not tempt that man. This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by greater and greater beings. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Vanity should never tempt a player to engage in a combat at the risk of loss of health. It is bad enough to lose without… — Emanuel Lasker
The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God. — Bob Jones, Sr.
Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded. — Julius Nyerere
Satan does not tempt us just to make us do wrong things- he tempts us to make us lose what God has put into us… — Oswald Chambers
Away! Away! Tempt me no more insidious love. — Mark Akenside
I wouldn't call myself a leader. I don't want to lead people, I want to tempt them, I want to create a new world for… — Paul van Dyk
Ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy, and that more convenience store confrontations over loud music coming from a… — Jason Whitlock
The gods tempt us. They offer us riches and sweet smelling women, tres leches, each milk sweeter than the one before. But you cannot beat… — Paul Levine
Never tempt fate. It plays for keeps. — Mira Grant
In the end, to ski is to travel fast and free â€“ free over untouched snow country. To be bound to one slope, even one… — Hans Gmoser
I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve might thrive so… — Alexander Spotswood
Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency. — William Shakespeare
For the devil may tempt the good, but he cannot find rest in them; for he is shaken violently, and upset, and driven out, now… — Bruno of Cologne
Our agency, given us through the plan of our Father, is the great alternative to Satan's plan of force. With this sublime gift, we can… — James E. Faust
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving… — Alexander Pope
There are powerful emotions that bring two people together in wonderful harmony in a marriage. Satan knows this, and would tempt you to try these… — Richard G. Scott
Japan's inexplicable lack of response to even consider a move to re-open their market to U.S. beef will sorely tempt economic trade action against Japan. — Saxby Chambliss
Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light. — William Shakespeare
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

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