Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benjamin Whichcote

Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we've resisted, Our places are assigned.

Bertolt Brecht

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Bertolt Brecht

Temptation to behave is terrible.

Agnes Repplier

Where there is no temptation, there is no virtue.

Donald Miller

I am human because God made me. I experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow Satan. God is reaching out to me to rescue me. I am learning to trust Him, learning to live by His precepts that I might be preserved.

Harry Browne

I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies.

Robert Kiyosaki

Retarget your money. When your money comes in, you need to have already targeted where you are going to invest or doodad temptation will set in.

Kirk Hammett

When you're first starting out, there's always the temptation to hide behind distortion because it lets you get away with murder. But, when it comes to rhythm work, you've gotta back off that gain control a bit, especially if you're playing with another guitarist.

Julia Bacha

For any filmmaker who has just released a film and who is experiencing some measure of success, the temptation can be great to respond to every screening request that comes in.

It's just too accessible. It's too easy. It's too big of a temptation for people.

Tim Donnelly

It was a big temptation to go to Perth,

Jim Elliot

Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.

Gary Bauer

I would urge my fellow conservatives to avoid the temptation to crow about it or take credit.

Fulton J. Sheen

Why is it that any time we speak of temptation we always speak of temptation as something that inclines us to wrong. We have more temptations to become good than we do to become bad.

Fulton J. Sheen

Temptation is not a sin but playing with temptation invites sin.

Jean-Paul Sartre

At times discreetly, at times disgustingly, I yielded to the most fatal temptation whenever I could no longer bear it: as a result of impatience, Orpheus lost Eurydice; as a result of impatience, I lost myself.

Erwin W. Lutzer

We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better.

Erwin W. Lutzer

Each temptation leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible.

Erwin W. Lutzer

Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle.

Erwin W. Lutzer

Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.

Jean de La Fontaine

Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.

Grover Cleveland

It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong!

George Bernard Shaw

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Gelett Burgess

The temptation to vivify the tale and make it walk abroad on its own legs is hard to deny.

Gena Showalter

I'm highly aware that some impulses are harder to ignore than others. I'm aware that fear of consequences causes us to guard our secrets. But it's our actions when faced with temptation that define who we are. It's our courage in admitting what we've done wrong that makes us forgivable.

Frederick William Faber

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

Christine Feehan

She was temptation wrapped in casual elegance.

Ezra Taft Benson

The moment you begin a serious study of the scriptures, you will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the straight and narrow path.... When you begin to hunger & thirst after those words, you will find life in greater abundance.

Ezra Taft Benson

When you are tempted to look elsewhere for greener pastures, just remember someone else is probably looking at yours. And if another pasture looks greener, perhaps it is getting better care and attention. Grass is always greener . . . where it is watered.

Francis Chan

I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.

Jane Porter

The only impregnable citadel of virtue is religion; for there is no bulwark of mere morality, which some temptation may not overtop or undermine, and destroy.

Frank Herbert

There's a lesson in every temptation.

Frank Herbert

And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.