Temptation Quotes

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In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let us alone: those… — Baron de Montesquieu
Temptation always starts in your mind, not in circumstances. — Rick Warren
In the quiet hours, in the heat of battle, and through the hazards of the day; in times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace and… — Heber J. Grant
Advice to Young Journal Keepers. Be lenient with yourself. Conceal your worst faults, leave out your most shameful thoughts, actions, and temptations. Give yourself all… — Rosamond Lehmann
If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead of… — Tom Robbins
I stand by my kind; and I thank God for the temptations that have brought me into sympathy with them, as I do for the… — J. G. Holland
The difference between a good and a poor architect is that the poor architect succumbs to every temptation and the good one resists it. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
There is good reason to make our decision now to serve the Lord. On this Sunday morning, when the complications and temptations of life are… — Howard W. Hunter
Develop discipline of self so that you do not have to decide and re-decide what you will do when you are confronted with the same… — Spencer W. Kimball
The social scientist is in a difficult, if not impossible position. On the one hand there is the temptation to see all of society as… — Richard Lewontin
We have no sufficient strength of our own. All our sufficiency is of God. We should stir up ourselves to resist temptations in a reliance… — Matthew Henry
Let our hearts admit, â€œI am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages over my soul.… — John Owen
Little sins carry with them but little temptations to sin, and then a man shews most viciousness and unkindness, when he sins on a little… — Thomas Brooks
The only way to avoid cannon-shot is to fall down. No such way to be freed from temptation as to keep low. — Thomas Brooks
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle — Charles Spurgeon
Suppose that by revenge you might destroy one enemy; yet, by exercising the Christian's temper you might conquer threeâ€Œâ€“â€Œyour own lust, Satan's temptation, and your… — John Flavel
Nobody knows that in reading we are re-living our temptations to be a poet. All readers who have a certain passion for reading, nurture and… — Gaston Bachelard
The greatest temptation for the like of us is: to renounce violence, to repent, to make peace with oneself. Most revolutionaries fell before this temptation,… — Arthur Koestler
The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems. — Jane Byrne
The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the… — Seneca the Younger

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