Quotes about temptation
temptation credit
It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong! Grover Cleveland
temptation virtue insufficient
Virtue is insufficient temptation. George Bernard Shaw
temptation legs tales
The temptation to vivify the tale and make it walk abroad on its own legs is hard to deny. Gelett Burgess
temptation secret done
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. Gena Showalter
temptation victory resistance
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. Frederick William Faber
temptation
It was a big temptation to go to Perth, Tim Donnelly
temptation religion may
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. Jane Porter
temptation lessons
There's a lesson in every temptation. Frank Herbert
temptation warning safe
And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.
temptation dread
Anything is a temptation to those who dread it. Jean de la Bruyere
temptation
Saintliness is also a temptation. Jean Anouilh
temptation starting-out gains
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. Kirk Hammett
temptation film measure-of-success
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. Julia Bacha
temptation firsts goodness
The very first temptation in the history of mankind was the temptation to be discontent...that is exactly what discontent(ment ) is - a questioning of the goodness of God. Jerry Bridges
temptation grace enabling
We must pray constantly for His enabling grace to say no to temptation, of choosing to take all practical steps to avoid known areas of temptation and flee from those that surprise us.
temptation cures
There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it. Honore de Balzac
temptation promise trying
I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies. Harry Browne
temptation culture kind
Once you make a movie like 'Superbad,' when it's popular and you're the lead, you get offered all kinds of things and there's a temptation to make bad movies either for the money or to maintain your relevance in pop culture. Jonah Hill
temptation today spite
The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them. Otis Williams
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 looks look-up
Temptation provokes me to look upward to God. John Bunyan
temptation promise lure
The future is always present, as a promise, a lure and a temptation. Karl Popper
temptation foolish sweetest
...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish. Piers Anthony
temptation stronger gains
The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation. Rabindranath Tagore
temptation too-much noble
The noble temptation to see too much in everything. Gilbert K. Chesterton
temptation divinity masters
My temptations have been my Masters of Divinity. Martin Luther
temptation leisure bows
Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect. Ovid
temptation useless bows
Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.
temptation firsts virtue
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it. Mary Wortley Montagu
temptation suffering
Many of us suffer from temptations from which we have no business to suffer. Oswald Chambers
temptation progress steps
Temptations in the life of faith are not accidents; each temptation is part of a plan, a step in the progress of faith.