Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist… — C.S. Lewis
A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and… — Ann Radcliffe
If death itself were to die, would it have a ghost, and would the ghost of death visit the dead in the guise of someone… — William H. Gass
... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted. — Louisa May Alcott
What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them? — P.G. Wodehouse
Maybe that's what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no… — Emily Giffin
Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book.… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Thou art to me a delicious torment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lawyer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation. — H. L. Mencken
Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes… — Martin Luther
When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation. — Elizabeth Kostova
When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner. — Joyce Meyer
To evade such temptations is the first duty of the poet. For as the ear is the antechamber to the soul, poetry can adulterate and… — Virginia Woolf
This is a lttle prayer dedicated to the separation of church and state. I guess if they are going to force those kids to pray… — George Carlin
You've been brought up like a gentleman and a Christian, and I should be false to the trust laid upon me by your dead father… — W. Somerset Maugham
We need limitations and temptations to open our inner selves, dispel our ignorance, tear off disguises, throw down old idols, and destroy false standards. Only… — Helen Keller
There are temptations more attractive than angels. Liberty, Patriotism, the good of humanity – words like that are the silver scales of the Tempter’s flaming… — Alfred de Musset
Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. ... We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us… — C.S. Lewis
You have a heritage honor it. You have posses a testimony share it. You will face temptations withstand it. You know the truth live it. — Thomas S. Monson
Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never… — John Owen
About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human being on this… — Paulo Coelho
Leigh did what any sane female faced with such an e-mail would do: deleted it to resist the temptation of replying, cleared her trash to… — Lauren Weisberger
I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more the goodwilled imitation… — Ian Mcewan
We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement. — Tami Hoag

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