Tempted Quotes

330 quotes by 291 authors

The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they will… — Sun Tzu
Even in the face of massive competition, don't think about the competition. Literally don't think about them. Every time you're in a meeting and you're… — Mike McCue
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be… — Henry Watson Fowler
We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough. — Augustus William Hare
Perhaps because the challenges we face in our country are so daunting, we are also tempted by shortcuts. We tell ourselves that if we invent… — Helen Zille
Art thou in misery, brother? Then I pray Be comforted. Thy grief shall pass away. Art thou elated? Ah, be not too gay; Temper thy… — Paul Hamilton Hayne
Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the… — Richard Rolle
Anne Barton is a delightful new voice in historical romance! Once She Was Tempted is a charming read, with characters who are easy to love--a… — Tessa Dare
I haven't had a drink in thirteen years, but occasionally I'm tempted to have one beer. The problem is that if I have that one… — Craig Ferguson
Sometimes you get tempted to make something wonderful even better but in doing so you lose what was so wonderful to begin with. — Polly Horvath
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Whenever I see people with their collars up, I'm tempted to point it out to them like you would for someone who has a food… — Stephan Pastis
I just wonder what it would be like to be reincarnated in an animal whose species had been so reduced in numbers than it was… — Prince Philip
If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in… — Robert A. Heinlein
I'm not advocating the strenuous life for everyone or trying to say it's the choice form of life. Anyone who's had the luck or misfortune… — Ernest Hemingway
The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working. One is tempted to stop and listen to it. The… — Albert Einstein
How could any entrepreneur, confronted by such amazing opportunities to help transform the world and to do so with such extraordinary colleagues, be tempted to… — Bill Drayton
So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for… — Tracy Chapman
One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind was fast becoming blends, in… — Marya Hornbacher
When I look at the Republicans, I am tempted to dismiss them as the Treason Party. Seriously, were a band of traitors to concoct a… — Neil Steinberg

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