Quotes about temptation
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 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 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 watches chickens
(You) don't leave the chicken to watch the feed. Pat Conroy
temptation
The only thing I cannot resist is temptation. Oscar Wilde
temptation desire encounters
A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural. Park Chan-wook
temptation another-chance may
The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance. Laurence J. Peter
temptation entertaining ifs
If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us! Neal A. Maxwell
temptation indispensable
Which of us can resist the temptation of being thought indispensable? Margaret Atwood
temptation doe riches
The accumulation of wealth is a process which is of itself morally neutral. True, as Christianity teaches, riches bring temptations. But then so does poverty. Margaret Thatcher
temptation virtue
There isn't any virtue where there has never been any temptation. Margaret Deland
temptation i-can
The only thing I can't resist is temptation.
temptation vices innocence
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice. Lyman Abbott
temptation temptation-life tempted
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. Margaret Oliphant
temptation deals
I deal with temptation by yielding to it. Mark Twain
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.
temptation cost earth
Sanctification costs to the extent of "an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth and an immense broadening of all our interests in God.
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 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 age lines
Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid. Rutherford B. Hayes
temptation secret tempted
When tempted to do any thing in secret, ask yourself if you would do it in public. Thomas Jefferson