Tempted Quotes

330 Tempted quotes by 291 unique authors

We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form of pride was… — Peter Kreeft
The Web took off in all its glory because it was a royalty-free infrastructure . . . When I invented the Web, I didn't have… — Tim Berners-Lee
It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to say that it… — Edward Witten
If you reflect on your life, you may recall times when you couldn't see the value of some person and were tempted to brush him… — John Templeton
My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses… — Alastair Campbell
We are sometimes tempted to believe the lie that God does not love us. Thankfully the Bible is filled with evidence that this is not… — David Jeremiah
It is no wonder you are tempted; on the contrary, it would be something new if you were not, because man's life is nothing but… — Vincent de Paul
She was white, perhaps too white. Her eyes, which were almost always cast down, when she raised them testified to the purest of souls, and… — Jose Rizal
Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction — Dwight D. Eisenhower
A lover of what is looks forward to everything: life, death, disease, loss, earthquakes, bombs, anything the mind might be tempted to call 'bad.' Life… — Byron Katie
In every crisis, if you look carefully, you will spot an opportunity. My insistence is on finding and seizing that opportunity. I never try to… — Verghese Kurien
The real issues I don't think most people touch. The Clinton jokes are all about Monica Lewinsky and all that stuff and not about the… — Tom Lehrer
As I came home through the woods with my string of fish, trailing my pole, it being now quite dark, I caught a glimpse of… — Henry David Thoreau
We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress, in… — S I Hayakawa
I was driving down a familiar road one fall day when I almost drove off the road, the beauty was so intense. It looked as… — Sheila Walsh
Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure his allotted share… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
No one was ever born without that light or flame of life. Some event, some person stifles or drowns it altogether. I was always tempted… — Anais Nin
When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time;… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds. — John Burroughs
Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough… — Eric Hoffer
Clichés are static, the emotion behind them long spent. If you are tempted to use them, here is a saying of my mother’s: Fang pi… — Amy Tan
If you ever find yourself tempted to seek out someone else's opinion on a trade, that's usually a sure sign that you should get out… — Linda Bradford Raschke
Great men too make mistakes, and many among them do it so often that one is almost tempted to call them little men. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Fatigue dulls the pain, but awakes enticing thoughts of death. So! that is the way in which you are tempted to overcome your loneliness --… — Dag Hammarskjold
Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated… — Isadora Duncan

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