Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

When you're first starting out, there's always the temptation to hide behind distortion because it lets you get away with murder. But, when it comes… — Kirk Hammett
Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again. — Robert A. Heinlein
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep. — Matthew Henry
Why resist temptation? There will always be more. — Don Herold
Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic. — Christopher Hitchens
So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force. — Daisaku Ikeda
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back. — Mick Jagger
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. — Henry A. Kissinger
My first film was with Cuba Gooding Jr, 'The Fighting Temptations,' and I had a little part here and there on little shows as guest… — NeNe Leakes
Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it. — Sam Levenson
There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But that's… — Jeremy Lin
There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they… — Walter Lippmann
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. — John Locke
The discipline of desire is the background of character. — John Locke
My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the… — Bruno Mars
Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse. — H. L. Mencken
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality. — James A. Michener
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. — H. L. Mencken
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body. — H. L. Mencken
The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little. — Thomas Merton
It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as… — George Muller
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch. — Robert Orben
Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much… — George Orwell
Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already… — Pope John Paul II

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