Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

I can resist everything except temptation. — Oscar Wilde
Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. — Oscar Wilde
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and… — Oscar Wilde
Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well,… — Rowan Williams
About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation. — Tom Wilson
Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty. — Earl Wilson
I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled, and… — Tiger Woods
For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything. — Felix Dennis
The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations. — John Wycliffe
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger… — William Butler Yeats
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around… — Boris Yeltsin
I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's… — Edward Zwick
God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We… — Henry B. Eyring
Our Heavenly Father loves us. He sent His Only Begotten Son to be our Savior. He knew that in mortality we would be in grave… — Henry B. Eyring
Those who are faithful to God are protected and prospered. That comes as the result of serving God and keeping His commandments. But with those… — Henry B. Eyring
The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable, eagerly… — Martin Filler
The great temptation of Big Data is that we can stop worrying about comprehension and focus on preventive action instead. Instead of wasting precious public… — Evgeny Morozov
But most critically, sweet, never try to change the narrative structure of someone else's story, though you will certainly be tempted to, as you watch… — Marisha Pessl
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being… — Aldous Huxley
It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken — Walter Dean Myers
There is always the temptation in life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for years on end. It is all so… — Annie Dillard
Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation. — Jeanette Winterson
Hard to say what's right when all I wanna do is wrong. — Prince
A capacity for inferiority in the growing adult is threatened by the temptation by squander that capacity ruthlessly, to revel in hallowness. The syndrom especially… — Gregory Maguire
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise… — Charlotte Bronte

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