Temptation Quotes
982 quotes by 687 authors
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A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really…
— Philippe Halsman
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Each one of us will travel a different road during this life. Each progresses at a different rate. Temptations that trouble your brother may not…
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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Like Jesus, we can decide, daily or instantly, to give no heed to temptation (see D&C 20:22). We can respond to irritation with a smile…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists, sourpusses.
— Pope Francis
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Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in order to defeat…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies.
— Harry Browne
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Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome…
— Twyla Tharp
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Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell.
— Warren Buffett
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The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public opinion polls to…
— Russell M. Nelson
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As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven's children, Satan's temptations lose power in your life.
— Richard G. Scott
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Don't accommodate any degree of temptation. Prevent sin and avoid having to deal with its inevitable destruction. So, turn it off! Look away! Avoid it…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
— Boyd K. Packer
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As we touch the temple and love the temple, our lives will reflect our faith. As we go to the holy house, as we remember…
— Thomas S. Monson
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The things we hope in sustain us during our daily walk. They uphold us through trials, temptations, and sorrow. Everyone has experienced discouragement and difficulty.…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where the…
— Unknown Author
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God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.
— William Penn
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We must learn by experience to avoid either trains of thought or social situations which for us (not necessarily for everyone) lead to temptations. Like…
— C.S. Lewis
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My temptation is quiet. Here at life's end Neither loose imagination Nor the mill of the mind Consuming its rag and bone, Can make the…
— William Butler Yeats
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The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction.
— Aristotle
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Love is a sensation caused by temptation when a guy sticks his location into a girl's destination to increase the population for the next generation.…
— A J McLean
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