Quotes about temptation
temptation desire fruit
When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa. Mahatma Gandhi
temptation important cases
I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for your constituents that you be reelected than that you deal honestly with them. James L. Buckley
temptation want might
At GQ, there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want. John Jeremiah Sullivan
temptation tempted objects
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
temptation divinity masters
My temptations have been my Masters of Divinity. Martin Luther
temptation life-is knows
You know what, life is full of temptations Smokey Robinson
temptation victim our-lives
We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
temptation doubt
There can be no faith without doubt. No strength without temptation. (Rafael) Sherrilyn Kenyon
temptation apartment
I resist the temptation to curate my apartment. Thelma Golden
temptation laptops machines
I have switched on this modern laptop machine. And I have told myself that I must resist the temptation to start playing solitaire upon it. Margaret Drabble
temptation doubt able
Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts-it's able to endure temptations-bec ause it faces them, not because it pretends they're not there. Michael Horton
temptation due-diligence stakes
Obviously, there's the temptation to sit back and smile, .. But there's so much at stake, we have to do our due diligence. Ralph Neas
temptation soul rising
It is ill changing the creed to meet each rising temptation. The soul is truer than it seems, and refuses to be trifled with. James Anthony Froude
temptation politics lines
Put temptation on the unenjoyment line. Henry Rollins
temptation may tests
So many things beat upon us in a lifetime that simply enduring may seem almost beyond us… But the test a loving God has set before us is not to see if we can endure difficulty. It is to see if we can endure it well. We pass the test by showing that we remembered Him and the commandments He gave us. And to endure well is to keep those commandments whatever the opposition, whatever the temptation, and whatever the tumult around us. Henry B. Eyring
temptation method greater
Greater than the temptations of beauty are those of method. James Richardson
temptation philosopher metaphysics
One learns more metaphysics from a single temptation than from all the philosophers. James Russell Lowell
temptation understanding world
By understanding the nuances of the world around you and how to survive the temptations, you can rule anything. Even yourself
temptation armor obscurity
Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world. Nicolas Chamfort
temptation blunders appraisal
When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser. Marianne Moore
temptation sorrow guilt
There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them. Matthew Henry
temptation determined honestly
No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of it. John Ruskin
temptation lasts corruption
He who tempts, though in vain, at last asperses The tempted with dishonor foul, supposed Not incorruptible of faith, not proof Against temptation. John Milton
temptation promise scripture
Scripture doesn't promise that God will remove temptation, only that you'll be given strength to withstand it. Garrison Keillor
temptation sovereign realization
The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation. Francois Fenelon
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 world fickle
As the worlds getting filled with temptations, were getting a bit frivolous and a bit fickle. Freida Pinto
temptation too-much noble
The noble temptation to see too much in everything. Gilbert K. Chesterton
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 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.