Motivational Quotes

Temptation

How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy Word. Thy Word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee. [Psalms 119:9-11]

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Best Quotes about Temptation

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

Oscar Wilde

The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.

Bradley, Francis H.

There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

Mark Twain

How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy Word. Thy Word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee. [Psalms 119:9-11]

Bible

Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

Battista, Orlando A.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

Oliphant, Margaret

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

Mencken, H. L.

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

Galeano, Eduardo

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Mae West

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Why comes temptation, but for man to meet and master and crouch beneath his foot, and so be pedestaled in triumph?

Robert Browning

11.

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

Robert Orben

12.

Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.

W. N. Taylor

13.

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

Herold, Don

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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

Kempis, Thomas

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Remove the temptation of idleness and cupids bow is useless.

Ovid

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Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

Bunyan, John

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You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.

Hope, Anthony

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Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

Faber, Frederick W.

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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.

Bible

20.

Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.

Lane Olinghouse

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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

T. S. Eliot

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Most dangerous Is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue

Shakespeare, William

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He who is not tempted, what does he know? And he who is not tried, what are the things he knows? [Ecclesiasticus]

Bible

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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

W. Somerset Maugham

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

Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle

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The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

George Bernard Shaw

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I can resist anything but temptation.

Oscar Wilde

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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?

Bunting, Basil

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Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.

Adams, Joey

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Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.

Maistre, Joseph De