Temptations Quotes

261 quotes by 213 authors

To evade such temptations is the first duty of the poet. For as the ear is the antechamber to the soul, poetry can adulterate and… — Virginia Woolf
We need limitations and temptations to open our inner selves, dispel our ignorance, tear off disguises, throw down old idols, and destroy false standards. Only… — Helen Keller
There are temptations more attractive than angels. Liberty, Patriotism, the good of humanity â€“ words like that are the silver scales of the Tempterâ€™s flaming… — Alfred de Musset
You have a heritage honor it. You have posses a testimony share it. You will face temptations withstand it. You know the truth live it. — Thomas S. Monson
Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never… — John Owen
In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share our planet; we… — Diane Ackerman
He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
But we never get back our youthâ€¦ The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot.… — Oscar Wilde
What can you ever really know of other people's souls â€” of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole of creation… — C.S. Lewis
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and… — Sivananda
The history of the church has been largely a history of "believers" refusing to believe in the way of the crucified Nazarene and instead giving… — Shane Claiborne
One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is… — John Fowles
The Atonement of Jesus Christ and the healing it offers do much more than provide the opportunity for repentance from sins. The Atonement also gives… — Dallin H. Oaks
I sell dreams, small comforts, sweet harmless temptations to bring down a multitude of saints crashing among the hazels and nougatines — Joanne Harris
If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories. — Scott Hahn
There, Master Niketas,â€™ Baudolino said, â€˜when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. A… — Umberto Eco
By understanding the nuances of the world around you and how to survive the temptations, you can rule anything. Even yourself — Sherrilyn Kenyon
So that it must be only by the imagination that Satan has access to the soul, to tempt and delude it, or suggest anything to… — Jonathan Edwards
The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without trials and temptations… — Martin Luther
He can make the dry parched ground of my soul to become a pool and my thirsty barren heart as springs of water. Yes he… — John Owen

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