Defeat Quote by Ritu Ghatourey

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.

— James A. Michener

“Life's temptations have the purpose of putting our spiritual integrity to the test. To yield to them, however, gives one a precarious and tormented…

— Anonymous

The biggest temptation I believe is to feel comfortable, to feel like you've worked through all of that here on Earth, and are satisfied…

— Nick Vujicic

The worst possible thing for any of us - no matter what our temptations, no matter what our mortal inclinations may be - is…

— Lance B. Wickman

Temptation turns you. It makes you into something you never dreamed, it presses you to give up everything you ever loved, it calls you…

— Sarah MacLean

Temptation is a suggested short cut to the realization of the highest at which I aim - not towards what I understand as evil,…

— Oswald Chambers

Every single temptation you overcome is like a thousand Victories over evil.

— Terry Mark

You know what, life is full of temptations

— Smokey Robinson

the most dangerous temptations are not due to the active, sudden flames of desire, 'the lusts of the flesh,' but to the disinclinations of…

— Sigrid Undset

“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for…

— Oscar Wilde

Temptations are part of life, part of growing up. We grapple with them often - in some instances for our lifetime - before we…

— Joan D. Chittister

There are those who say that temptation can be barricaded beyond the door. The ones who think that stray desires can be driven out…

— Jeanette Winterson