Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

Sanctification costs to the extent of "an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth and an immense broadening of all our interests in God. — Oswald Chambers
As I lay down my pen, let me record my immovable conviction that His is the noblest service in which any human being can spend… — John Gibson Paton
He brings to naught, destroys and rejects all that is not His own work; how He draws everything to Himself and absorbs it, that at… — Gerhard Tersteegen
We should be on our guard against the temptation to argue directly from skill to capacity, and to assume when a man displays skill in… — Unknown Author
In Jack Dempsey's early days he had a fight contract, which paid him two dollars per fight for the fights he won. He received nothing… — Sterling W Sill
The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor want exasperated into crime. — Robert Charles Winthrop
If you don't want temptation to follow you, don't act as if you are interested. — Richard L. Evans
As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Government means politics, and interference by government carries with it always the implication of coercion. We may accept the expanding power of bureaucrats so long… — Owen D. Young
Time Management Tips: The perpetual processing of the same temptation is both dangerous and time-wasting. Cycling and recycling the same temptation (instead of rejecting such… — Neal A. Maxwell
'Tis dangerous to think - For who by thinking tempts his jealous Fate, Is straight arraign'd as Traytor to the State, And none that come… — John Wilmot
No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he… — John Ruskin
Saintliness is also a temptation. — Jean Anouilh
The Devil, having nothing else to do Went off to tempt my Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private whim, To his extreme annoyance,… — Hilaire Belloc
I will ever be grateful for the wise counsel of a strong and inspired father when he taught, "If you always say no to the… — Harold G. Hillam
I counsel you, in the words of Jesus Christ, to "watch and pray I always lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan desireth to have… — Ezra Taft Benson
When you are tempted to look elsewhere for greener pastures, just remember someone else is probably looking at yours. And if another pasture looks greener,… — Ezra Taft Benson
O help me Father in heaven to overcome and resist temptation in every form or shape. — Emmeline B. Wells
One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys. — E. M. Forster
This mortal probation is a brief period-just a short span, linking the eternity of the past with the eternity of the future. Yet it was… — ElRay L. Christiansen
Do today's duty, fight today's temptation; do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things you cannot see, and could not understand if… — Charles Kingsley
From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The… — Charles Caleb Colton
A corner draft fluttered the flame And the white fever of temptation Upswept its angel wings that cast A cruciform shadow. — Boris Pasternak
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not… — Bill Watterson
Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore… — Ayn Rand

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