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Temptation Quotes

The uncut sheets of colored glass are really seductive, awesome, and unarguably lovely things. Naturally, the temptation to cut and damage all that pristine beauty is too much for me to resist Picture Quote #1

A woman flees from temptation, but a man just crawls away from it in the cheerful hope that it may overtake him Picture Quote #1

Sooner or later every gardener must face the fact that certain things are going to die on him. It is a temptation to be anthropomorphic about plants, to suspect that they do it to annoy Picture Quote #1

We’ve all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business Picture Quote #1

I have to resist the temptation to want to learn everything. You know, you can’t. You have to restrict yourself at some time, or else you find yourself just being spread too thin. And already I think I try too many things Picture Quote #1

Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice Picture Quote #1

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I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money Picture Quote #1

A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best Picture Quote #1

The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you’re actually more and more likely to fail Picture Quote #1

Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill Picture Quote #1

As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is the best policy, present temptation is often found to be an overmatch for those considerations Picture Quote #1

Life is so messy that the temptation to straighten it up is very strong. And the results always illusory Picture Quote #1

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There is a temptation in politics to look for simplistic slogans and to play the game in a way that looks like you’re a savvy politician Picture Quote #1

I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it Picture Quote #1

Good and evil, as we term them, are not antagonistic; they are ever found hand in hand. Humanity has never achieved a single conquest without the aid of both. Indeed how can she? What adds to moral strength, but a grappling with temptation? Picture Quote #1

If we didn’t have to stand against temptation, we’d never know our own spiritual strength Picture Quote #1

Retarget your money. When your money comes in, you need to have already targeted where you are going to invest or doodad temptation will set in Picture Quote #1

It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong! Picture Quote #1

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Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction Picture Quote #1

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings Picture Quote #1

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift Picture Quote #1

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me Picture Quote #1

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure Picture Quote #1

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before Picture Quote #1

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There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do him an injury; and, if he is overcome, you share his guilt Picture Quote #1

Modern man’s besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

One of the important things about temptation is, if I’m going to deal with it I’m going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before Picture Quote #1

Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation Picture Quote #1

Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth? Picture Quote #1

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The uncut sheets of colored glass are really seductive, awesome, and unarguably lovely things. Naturally, the temptation to cut and damage all that pristine beauty is too much for me to resist (Temptation Quotes) A woman flees from temptation, but a man just crawls away from it in the cheerful hope that it may overtake him (Temptation Quotes) Sooner or later every gardener must face the fact that certain things are going to die on him. It is a temptation to be anthropomorphic about plants, to suspect that they do it to annoy (Temptation Quotes) We’ve all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business (Temptation Quotes) I have to resist the temptation to want to learn everything. You know, you can’t. You have to restrict yourself at some time, or else you find yourself just being spread too thin. And already I think I try too many things (Temptation Quotes) Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice (Temptation Quotes) I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money (Temptation Quotes) A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best (Temptation Quotes) The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you’re actually more and more likely to fail (Temptation Quotes) Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill (Temptation Quotes) As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is the best policy, present temptation is often found to be an overmatch for those considerations (Temptation Quotes) Life is so messy that the temptation to straighten it up is very strong. And the results always illusory (Temptation Quotes) There is a temptation in politics to look for simplistic slogans and to play the game in a way that looks like you’re a savvy politician (Temptation Quotes) I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it (Temptation Quotes) Good and evil, as we term them, are not antagonistic; they are ever found hand in hand. Humanity has never achieved a single conquest without the aid of both. Indeed how can she? What adds to moral strength, but a grappling with temptation? (Temptation Quotes) If we didn’t have to stand against temptation, we’d never know our own spiritual strength (Temptation Quotes) Retarget your money. When your money comes in, you need to have already targeted where you are going to invest or doodad temptation will set in (Temptation Quotes) It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong! (Temptation Quotes) Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction (Temptation Quotes) Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings (Temptation Quotes) We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift (Temptation Quotes) I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me (Temptation Quotes) Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure (Temptation Quotes) Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before (Temptation Quotes) There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do him an injury; and, if he is overcome, you share his guilt (Temptation Quotes) Modern man’s besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions (Temptation Quotes) 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 (Temptation Quotes) One of the important things about temptation is, if I’m going to deal with it I’m going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before (Temptation Quotes) Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation (Temptation Quotes) Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth? (Temptation Quotes)

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