Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn't touched. I… — Joseph Conrad
Which is scarier-- lust or temptation? — Craig Thompson
wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to temptation! — Eric Jerome Dickey
In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share our planet; we… — Diane Ackerman
Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality. — Paulo Coelho
The most temptation I'd experienced had been with Tomas, the Senate's spy who had been feeding off me without permission, and Mircea, who was probably… — Karen Chance
Contemplation in the age of Auschwitz and Dachau, Solovky and Karaganda is something darker and more fearsome than contemplation in the age of the Church… — Thomas Merton
When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space beyond the reach of other desires. No one can legislate… — Jeanette Winterson
The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It's the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to… — Isaac Asimov
It is neither easy nor agreeable to dredge this abyss of viciousness, and yet I think it must be done, because what could be perpetrated… — Primo Levi
People couldn't become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitively wicked. — Terry Pratchett
Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Resist the temptation to think what afflicts you is peculiar to you. Have faith that what is in your consciousness can be communicated to the… — Alice Walker
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul. — John Bunyan
Wow," I said, since it was all I could think of to say. "Wow. That's some outfit." When you've got a big guy wearing Lycra… — Charlaine Harris
The temptation of the age is to look good without being good. — Brennan Manning
In the deceitfulness of our hearts, we sometimes play with temptation by entertaining the thought that we can always confess and later ask forgiveness. Such… — Jerry Bridges
...in any land, in any country under modern free competition, to lay any class of weak and despised people, be they white, black, or blue,… — W. E. B. Du Bois
I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives. — C.D. Payne
Power was my weakness and my temptation. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It's all about getting the hand of things. Easy does it; take it easy. You'll figure everything out in time. But for right now, just… — Kate Jacobs
He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The temptation is to stay inside; to subside into the kind of recluse whom neighborhood children regard with derision and little awe; to let the… — Margaret Atwood
But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot.… — Oscar Wilde
What can you ever really know of other people's souls — of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole of creation… — C.S. Lewis

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