Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

Can anything be more absurd than keeping women in a state of ignorance, and yet so vehemently to insist on their resisting temptation? — Vicesimus Knox
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we… — Jimmy Carter
At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You… — Cesare Pavese
For anyone who lives in the oak-and-maple area of New England, there is a perennial temptation to plunge into a purple sea of adjectives about… — Hal Borland
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody. — Calvin Coolidge
It often happens that we pray God to deliver us from some dangerous temptation, and yet God does not hear us but permits the temptation… — Alphonsus Liguori
We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in peacetime. We must… — Glen E. Morrell
Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation. — Thomas Paine
Do not romanticize the poor...We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity. — Cesar Chavez
Mixing with groups of people can be enjoyed, it is pleasing in a way that cannot be explained other than the temptation to become closer… — Raymond Burr
Homosexuality is an ugly sin, repugnant to those who find no temptation in it, as well as to many past offenders who are seeking a… — Spencer W. Kimball
The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very vigilant, and seeks… — George Whitefield
Satan would seem to be mannerly and reasonable; making as if he would be content with one-half of the heart, whereas God challengeth all or… — Joseph Hall
Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him "all the kingdoms… — John Owen
Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see… — John Bunyan
Watch constantly against those things which are thought to be no temptations. The most poisonous serpents are found where the sweetest flowers grow. Cleopatra was… — Charles Spurgeon
[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. — Arthur Conan Doyle
The more pure and chaste is a soul, the more it hungers for this Bread [Jesus in the Eucharist], from which it derives strength to… — Pope Pius XII
The mind creates so many temptations - so alluring they are, so magnetic is their power - that unless you are in the power-field of… — Rajneesh
Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless. — Unknown Author
I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by the desire of… — Yukio Mishima
Have you ever asked yourself why one person is honorable and another dishonorable; why one is honest, another dishonest; why one is moral, another immoral?… — Ezra Taft Benson
Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with… — Saint Augustine
Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to… — Philip Neri
People are subject to moods, to temptations and fears, lethargy and aberration and ignorance, and the staunchest qualities shift under the stresses and strains of… — Ilka Chase

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