Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

I remember when my daddy gave me that gun. He told me that I should never point it at anything in the house; and that… — Harper Lee
The silence was always the greates temptation. — Markus Zusak
I never touch sugar, cheese, bread... I only like what I'm allowed to like. I'm beyond temptation. There is no weakness. When I see tons… — Karl Lagerfeld
Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism! You must achieve… — Philip Roth
Temptation likes best those who think they have a natural immunity, for it may laugh all the harder when they succumb. — Catherynne M. Valente
With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact it’s essential to slow down and read every… — Francine Prose
To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation. — Karen Chance
There’s a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat. That’s crazy. Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings,… — Steve Jobs
A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of… — Umberto Eco
I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make… — John Newton
Really? And what curse befalls the Adams of the world?" Ann opens her mouth and, presumably thinking of nothing to say, closes it again. It… — Libba Bray
If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation.… — Charles Spurgeon
Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you. — Margaret Atwood
The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods. — Thomas Merton
Don't put one foot in your job and the other in your dream, Ed. Go ahead and quit, or resign yourself to this life. It's… — Kurt Vonnegut
Sometimes, looking at the many books I have at home, I feel I shall die before I come to the end of them, yet I… — Jorge Luis Borges
And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation. — Frank Herbert
...if I were asked to think up a new name for temptation, I should recommend the word 'doorknob', because what are these protuberances put on… — Gunter Grass
Those were the words she wanted to hear and she finally surrendered to the temptation of believing them. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Everyone is tested. One might think it is unfair to be singled out and subjected to a particular temptation, but this is the purpose of… — Boyd K. Packer
Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them — A.J. Cronin
I hate endings. Just detest them. Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster. … The temptation towards resolution,… — Sam Shepard
That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed. — Anne Rice
The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17). You have… — Boyd K. Packer
Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations! — Elizabeth Bishop

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