Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies. — Harry Browne
Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome… — Twyla Tharp
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. — Warren Buffett
The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public opinion polls to… — Russell M. Nelson
As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven's children, Satan's temptations lose power in your life. — Richard G. Scott
Don't accommodate any degree of temptation. Prevent sin and avoid having to deal with its inevitable destruction. So, turn it off! Look away! Avoid it… — Dallin H. Oaks
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear. — Boyd K. Packer
As we touch the temple and love the temple, our lives will reflect our faith. As we go to the holy house, as we remember… — Thomas S. Monson
The things we hope in sustain us during our daily walk. They uphold us through trials, temptations, and sorrow. Everyone has experienced discouragement and difficulty.… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where the… — Unknown Author
God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers. — William Penn
We must learn by experience to avoid either trains of thought or social situations which for us (not necessarily for everyone) lead to temptations. Like… — C.S. Lewis
My temptation is quiet. Here at life's end Neither loose imagination Nor the mill of the mind Consuming its rag and bone, Can make the… — William Butler Yeats
The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction. — Aristotle
Love is a sensation caused by temptation when a guy sticks his location into a girl's destination to increase the population for the next generation.… — A J McLean
In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let us alone: those… — Baron de Montesquieu
Temptation always starts in your mind, not in circumstances. — Rick Warren
In the quiet hours, in the heat of battle, and through the hazards of the day; in times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace and… — Heber J. Grant
Advice to Young Journal Keepers. Be lenient with yourself. Conceal your worst faults, leave out your most shameful thoughts, actions, and temptations. Give yourself all… — Rosamond Lehmann
If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead of… — Tom Robbins
I stand by my kind; and I thank God for the temptations that have brought me into sympathy with them, as I do for the… — J. G. Holland
The difference between a good and a poor architect is that the poor architect succumbs to every temptation and the good one resists it. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
There is good reason to make our decision now to serve the Lord. On this Sunday morning, when the complications and temptations of life are… — Howard W. Hunter
Develop discipline of self so that you do not have to decide and re-decide what you will do when you are confronted with the same… — Spencer W. Kimball
The social scientist is in a difficult, if not impossible position. On the one hand there is the temptation to see all of society as… — Richard Lewontin

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