Temptation Quotes

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.

I never give in to the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult. That would be too ridiculous.

I can resist everything except temptation.

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.

Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

I think when you're trying to produce a relationship on screen that doesn't actually exist, perhaps sometimes there's a temptation to look at each other more, to touch each other more.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.

I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibility interesting.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.

Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do.

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.