Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. Learn to become wise. Desire nothing, give up all desires and be… — Sivananda
All suicides have the responsibility of fighting against the temptation of suicide. Every one of them knows very well in some corner of his soul… — Hermann Hesse
To those men and women in business, remember the ultimate end of your work: to make a better product, to create better lives. I ask… — George H. W. Bush
Would you be free from the condemnation of the sins that are past, from the power of the temptations that are to come? Then take… — Dwight L. Moody
Anything is a temptation to those who dread it. — Jean de la Bruyere
There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it. — Honore de Balzac
It is ill changing the creed to meet each rising temptation. The soul is truer than it seems, and refuses to be trifled with. — James Anthony Froude
Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others. — Charles Caleb Colton
The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Sometimes the devil tempts me to believe in God. — Bill Vaughan
Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation. — William Allingham
There's a great temptation to clean everything up and make everything more perfect. You have to know when to stop and stop doing it, or… — David Byrne
In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have… — Charles de Gaulle
Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist had a moment… — Laurieann Gibson
For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is… — Catherine the Great
Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution. — Edwin Louis Cole
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I… — Penelope Cruz
A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural. — Park Chan-wook
Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency. — Dinesh D'Souza
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. — George Eliot
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. — Frederick William Faber
You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But… — Larry Flynt

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