Quotes about temptation
temptation done
I never wanted the temptation to imitate or emulate something that had been done beforehand. Tyler Hoechlin
temptation mind circumstances
Temptation always starts in your mind, not in circumstances. Rick Warren
temptation doubt love-and-wisdom
Every temptation is an offer to doubt God's love and wisdom.
temptation today spite
The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them. Otis Williams
temptation too-much portraits
A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were Philippe Halsman
temptation serious pessimist
One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists, sourpusses. Pope Francis
temptation special needs
A world filled with temptations needs priests who are totally dedicated to their mission. Accordingly, they are asked in a very special way to open themselves fully to serving others as Christ did by embracing the gift of celibacy. Pope Benedict XVI
temptation ears
Temptation hath a music for all ears. Nathaniel Parker Willis
temptation praise
He, who loves praise, loves temptation. Thomas F. Wilson
temptation honor faces
You have a heritage honor it. You have posses a testimony share it. You will face temptations withstand it. You know the truth live it. Thomas S. Monson
temptation scripture ghost
If you will study the scriptures diligently, your power to avoid temptation and to receive direction of the Holy Ghost in all you do will be increased.
temptation want crime
The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor want exasperated into crime. Robert Charles Winthrop
temptation want ifs
If we don't want temptation to follow us, we shouldn't act as if we are interested. No one ever fell over a precipice who never went near one. Richard L. Evans
temptation want ifs
If you don't want temptation to follow you, don't act as if you are interested.
temptation devil red
... the devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for ... Tucker Max
temptation spite indian
In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian. Vikram Seth
temptation buffets investors
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. Warren Buffett
temptation religion vices
It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. Walter Bagehot
temptation littles begets
An acknowledged love sanctifies every little freedom; and little freedoms beget great ones. Samuel Richardson
temptation treated
Beware of the temptation to see yourself as unfairly treated. Wayne Dyer
temptation alive return
If death itself were to die, would it have a ghost, and would the ghost of death visit the dead in the guise of someone alive, if only to fright them from any temptation to return? William H. Gass
temptation stronger failing
God tested Abraham. Temptation is not meant to make us fail; it is meant to confront us with a situation out of which we emerge stronger than we were. Temptation is not the penalty of manhood; it is the glory of manhood. William Barclay
temptation approval worms
The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval. Thomas Harris
temptation events ugly
If I’ve already thought through a situation and have a response prepared ahead of time in the event temptation rears its ugly head, it is that much easier to resist. Tim Tebow
temptation half way
Half our virtue arises from our being out of the way of temptation. Thomas Adams
temptation way rebel
Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within. Jim Elliot
temptation crow credit
I would urge my fellow conservatives to avoid the temptation to crow about it or take credit. Gary Bauer
temptation speak incline
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 sin invites
Temptation is not a sin but playing with temptation invites sin.
temptation bears impatience
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. Jean-Paul Sartre
temptation saying-yes
We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better. Erwin W. Lutzer
temptation neutrality impossible
Each temptation leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible.
temptation battle sin
Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle.