Temptations Quotes

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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. — Walter Bagehot
Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their ideas, rather than to the temptations of utopia, that we… — Robert Bork
God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender. — Walter Annenberg
Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded by work, become easier and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations. — Bernard of Clairvaux
In all states of dilemma or of difficulty, prayer is an available source. The ship of prayer may sail through all temptations, doubts and fears,… — Charles Spurgeon
Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in peacetime. We must… — Glen E. Morrell
Do not romanticize the poor...We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity. — Cesar Chavez
The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very vigilant, and seeks… — George Whitefield
Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him "all the kingdoms… — John Owen
Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see… — John Bunyan
Watch constantly against those things which are thought to be no temptations. The most poisonous serpents are found where the sweetest flowers grow. Cleopatra was… — Charles Spurgeon
The more pure and chaste is a soul, the more it hungers for this Bread [Jesus in the Eucharist], from which it derives strength to… — Pope Pius XII
The mind creates so many temptations - so alluring they are, so magnetic is their power - that unless you are in the power-field of… — Rajneesh
Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with… — Saint Augustine
Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to… — Philip Neri
People are subject to moods, to temptations and fears, lethargy and aberration and ignorance, and the staunchest qualities shift under the stresses and strains of… — Ilka Chase
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

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