Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do… — Samuel Johnson
Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure… — Ben Jonson
Those Saints, which God loves best, The Devil tempts not least. — Robert Herrick
Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin, without the fresh… — William J. Clinton
Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your better senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor for the empty promise that wealth… — Michael Josephson
Medical science has oppressed us with a new huge burden of longevity. It is in that last undesired decade, when passion is cold, appetites feeble,… — Evelyn Waugh
The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature. — Matthew Simpson
There is nothing new about humanism. It is the yielding to Satan's first temptation of Adam and Eve: "Ye shall be as gods." (Gen. 3:5) — Billy Graham
(You) don't leave the chicken to watch the feed. — Pat Conroy
It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way.… — Bob Newhart
The temptation to vivify the tale and make it walk abroad on its own legs is hard to deny. — Gelett Burgess
As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama. — Tom Perrotta
God tests, but he does not tempt. — Criss Jami
So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay To have tricked temptation and turned it away, But wait, my friend, for a different day;… — Edmund Vance Cooke
Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin. — Boris Yeltsin
Liberals want to set up social welfare committees to help whites and West Indians love each other in Birmingham. But all such efforts are doomed… — Lewis Nkosi
When a friend needs consoling, do not give in to the temptation of telling stories similar to theirs of disaster or bereavement. It is something… — Giles Andreae
The Adversary seldom loses when you play on his playing field. It's called the home court advantage. — Randall Wright
Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will never… — Thomas a Kempis
Many priests and employees at temples work for pay. No one should judge religion on the basis of the shortcomings of such workers. We should… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Where faith is not continually kept in motion and exercised, it weakens and decreases, so that it must indeed vanish; and yet we do not… — Martin Luther
We Catholics must admit that there is a constant temptation among us to avoid the lectionary and the Word of God for private and pious… — Richard Rohr
The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By… — Fred Barnes
I think when you're trying to produce a relationship on screen that doesn't actually exist, perhaps sometimes there's a temptation to look at each other… — Paul Bettany
I'd never say no to surgery in the future, because I feel like, as I get older, I'm going to face temptation more. — Marcia Cross

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