Men Quote by Jeremiah Burroughs

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

— James Allen

Temptations come to fulfill three purposes, to grant you unqualified to claim your blessings ahead; to disarm you, for you to be exposed to…

— Michael Mbuko

Temptations are like tramps. Treat them kindly, and they will return bringing others with them. Temptations are never so dangerous as when they come…

— Dwight L. Moody

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

— A.J. Cronin

There are some temptations which are so strong that they must be virtues.

— Charles Baudelaire

There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you…

— Samuel Johnson

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

— H. L. Mencken

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

— Mark Twain

The most formidable attribute of temptation is its increasing power, its accelerating ratio of velocity. Every act of repetition increases power, diminishes resistance. It…

— Horace Mann

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. Whoever yields to temptation debases himself with a debasement from which he can never arise.

— Horace Mann

Temptation is not to be feared, but controlled.

— Deborah Brodie

Temptation may even be a blessing to a man when it reveals to him his weakness and drives him to the almighty Savior. Do…

— F.B. Meyer