Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his own miseries without… — Samuel Johnson
If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and… — William Allen White
Man must cast out of himself everything which separates him from God. He must will to live the divine life, and he must rise above… — Wallace D. Wattles
We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation. — William Hazlitt
Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm loosens the earth… — John Owen
There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to try… — Saint Augustine
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses. — Brian Tracy
We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their compassion,… — D. Todd Christofferson
This bill, by vesting the power to withhold or terminate Federal funds, creates a concentration of power of economic coercion unequaled in the history of… — Strom Thurmond
Choice is bondage, choicelessness freedom. The moment you choose something, you have fallen in the trap of the world. If you can resist the temptation… — Rajneesh
Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should… — Martin Luther
Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven. — Pio of Pietrelcina
Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self… — Friedrich Nietzsche
He, who loves praise, loves temptation. — Thomas F. Wilson
If thou least fallen into sin through violent temptations, seek speedily for repentance for it, recovery out of it, and reformation from it. — Vavasor Powell
For as a city which has been once besieged and not sacked will ever after be more strong to hold out if it be assaulted… — George Downame
This is the great work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God, and toexpect temptation to his last… — Anthony the Great
Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these, let… — Wilford Woodruff
One can defend common sense against the attacks of philosophers only by solving their puzzles, i.e., by curing them of the temptation to attack common… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
God is good but not safe, and the urge for safe art is often a worldly temptation away from goodness. — Kenneth Myers
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Every period of life has its peculiar temptations and dangers. But youth is the time when we are most likely to be ensnared. This, pre-eminently,… — Josiah Johnson Hawes
Teaching is the canny art of intellectual temptation — Jerome Bruner
My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character. Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as thin feels. — Stephen Covey
There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading. — John Quincy Adams

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