Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

Do today's duty, fight today's temptation; do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things you cannot see, and could not understand if… — Charles Kingsley
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
A corner draft fluttered the flame And the white fever of temptation Upswept its angel wings that cast A cruciform shadow. — Boris Pasternak
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not… — Bill Watterson
Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore… — Ayn Rand
TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose. — Ambrose Bierce
ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit. — Ambrose Bierce
I deal with temptation by yielding to it. — Mark Twain
No one who has experienced the intense involvement of computer modeling would deny that the temptation exists to use any data input that will enable… — James Lovelock
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart. — William Shakespeare
Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil — Mark Twain
Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison,… — John Owen
I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods in which nearly all one's friends seem to be selfish… — C.S. Lewis
To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how… — Ivan Panin
The most formidable attribute of temptation is its increasing power, its accelerating ratio of velocity. Every act of repetition increases power, diminishes resistance. It is… — Horace Mann
No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted. — George Eliot
For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation. — William Penn
It is a most fearful fact to think of, that in every heart there is some secret spring that would be weak at the touch… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Temptation hath a music for all ears. — Nathaniel Parker Willis
Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants. — Indro Montanelli

Who Wrote These Temptation Quotes

687 authors contributed a total of 982 Temptation Quotes, led by these top contributors: