Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always… — William J. Brennan
It is fundamental that the great powers of Congress to conduct war and to regulate the Nation's foreign relations are subject to the constitutional requirements… — Arthur Goldberg
Jesus's first temptation was to be relevant: to turn stones into bread. Oh, how often I wished I could do that! — Mike Ditka
. . . It is God's plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptations of mind and body by which… — Vincent de Paul
[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers and the seeking… — Vincent de Paul
God has great plans for you, directed towards helping you do what Jesus Christ did when He was on earth. This requires you do resist… — Vincent de Paul
It is no wonder you are tempted; on the contrary, it would be something new if you were not, because man's life is nothing but… — Vincent de Paul
Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm than… — Vincent de Paul
Out of the temptation of Hate, and burned by the fire of Despair, triumphant over Doubt, and steeled by Sacrifice against Humiliation, . . .… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Often the work of the Lord itself may be a temptation to keep us from that communion with Him which is so essential to the… — George Muller
Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate… — James L. Buckley
Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into… — Mahatma Gandhi
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there… — J M Coetzee
When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere — Ayrton Senna
I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better. — Francis Chan
The higher the stakes, the greater the temptation to lose your temper. — C.S. Lewis
He was trapped in the electrochemical web of cognition, wherein curiosity leads into temptation, temptation leads into fear, and fear is considered an impulse to… — Laird Barron
No temptation is a temptation, unless we are entertaining it. — Sterling W Sill
If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us! — Neal A. Maxwell
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. — Horace Mann
Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light. — William Shakespeare
Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature. — Samuel Johnson
He who has no mind to trade with the Devil should be so wise as to keep from his shop. — Robert South
The virtue which has never been attacked by temptation is deserving of no monument. — Madeleine de Scudery
If you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor? — William Makepeace Thackeray

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