Famous Quotes & Sayings

Denis Diderot

Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions?

Denis Diderot

I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.

Alexander Smith

Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile.

William Shakespeare

Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass.

Charles Caleb Colton

Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves.

Charles Simmons

Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities.

Charles Spurgeon

The Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations.

Al Pacino

Vanity is my favourite sin.

Al Pacino

Vanity: my favorite sin.

Charles Spurgeon

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle

Elizabeth Bibesco

Temptations make one very censorious. If you are virtuous you condemn the wicked and if you are wicked, you condemn the virtuous.

English Proverbs

When we find ouselves in some grave danger we must not lose courage but firmly trust in God, for where there is the greatest danger, there is also the greatest help from Him who wants to be called our 'Help' in times of peace and in times of tribulation.

Theodore Parker

Great success is a great temptation.

Charles Caleb Colton

Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others.

Charles Stanley

One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before.

Charles Spurgeon

Has there not been, sometimes, this temptation to do a great deal for Christ, but not to live a great deal with Christ?

Bob Parsons

The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.

Earl Wilson

Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.

William Burroughs

Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller. What there is . . . LOVE.

Tom Chillemi

Left-handers have a natural hook. They really have an advantage.

Mat Iandolo

Obviously, there is a revenge factor. (Indiana is) obviously our natural rival.

Dave Ramsey

Everyone has some natural talent or aptitude in one or more areas. If you can identify those areas you not only will be happier and perform more successfully in that role, but you will also become better paid for that. Our free-market system pays for performance at some point. When you have a natural talent or aptitude, coupled with desire and experience, the result is productivity plus.

A. N. Wilson

She was a natural leader, ... You know when there's a group, somebody always seems to be a leader? She was that.

Jeff Bonde

She's always had a lot of natural speed. We're still trying to rate her.

Michael Redd

Oh, yeah, naturally it's going to be disappointing,

Chester Brown

It's not so much that I got that idea at some point, it came up naturally because of the improvisational nature of the story I was telling.

William Masters

Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen.