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Temptation Quotes

Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of adultery is for laymen and the yearning for riches is for secular ecclesiastics, the seduction of knowledge is for monks Picture Quote #1

Medical science has oppressed us with a new huge burden of longevity. It is in that last undesired decade, when passion is cold, appetites feeble, curiosity dulled and experience has begotten cynicism, that accidia lies in wait as the final temptation to destruction Picture Quote #1

If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we must make allowances for the rich men’s failings, and recollect that we, too, were very likely indolent and voluptuous, had we no motive for work, a mortal’s natural taste for pleasure, and the daily temptation of a large income. What could a great peer, with a great castle and park, and a great fortune, do but be splendid and idle? Picture Quote #1

I felt an unrelenting restlessness. It was the first time I had ever experienced jealousy, and that emotion clung to my skin day and night like a dark stain, a contamination I could not shed; it became so unbearable that when finally I rid myself of it, I was freed forever of the desire to possess another person or the temptation ever to belong to anyone Picture Quote #1

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There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn Picture Quote #1

Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self preservative instincts of sound life; it has corrupted even the faculties of those natures that are intellectually most vigorous, by representing the highest intellectual values as sinful, as misleading, as full of temptation Picture Quote #1

Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome situations if you need to, but don’t insert yourself unless you’re running out of time and a solution is nowhere in sight. In short, stifle your inner control freak Picture Quote #1

It’s the great temptation for small groups of people to slide into a state where they’re not quite telling each other the truth and they’re not quite celebrating each other. Instead, they tolerate each other, they accommodate each other, and they settle for sitting on the unspoken matters that separate them Picture Quote #1

Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor’s fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We can’t socialize the doctors without socializing the patients. Recognize that government invasion of public power is eventually an assault upon your own business Picture Quote #1

Too many people try to do the new job, new spouse, new house, new car thing in 18 months. That’s a good way to end up broke. We’ve got to resist the temptation to catch up with our parents in 18 months. Slow down. You have the rest of your life to play catch up. After all, it’s just stuff Picture Quote #1

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You’d get very rich if you thought of yourself as having a card with only twenty punches in a lifetime, and every financial decision used up one punch. You’d resist the temptation to dabble. You’d make more good decisions and you’d make more big decisions Picture Quote #1

Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others Picture Quote #1

Human character is never found to enter into its glory, except through the ordeal of affliction. Its force cannot come forth without the offer of resistance, nor can the grandeur of its free will declare itself, except in the battle of fierce temptation Picture Quote #1

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life Picture Quote #1

It is ill changing the creed to meet each rising temptation. The soul is truer than it seems, and refuses to be trifled with Picture Quote #1

The dilemma posed by consumerism is not the endless manufacturing of desires, but the temptation to settle for desires far below what we were created for Picture Quote #1

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Disciplines teach us to overcome the temptation to gratify our immediate desires so that we may attain a higher one Picture Quote #1

Asperse, v. T. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit Picture Quote #1

The only impregnable citadel of virtue is religion; for there is no bulwark of mere morality, which some temptation may not overtop or undermine, and destroy Picture Quote #1

Virtue, which breaks through opposition and all temptation can remove, most shines, and most is acceptable above Picture Quote #1

No one, judging from his own feelings and powers, can be aware of the kind or degree of temptation or terror, or the seeming incapacity to resist them, which may induce others to deviate Picture Quote #1

To guard the mind against the temptation of thinking that there are no good people, say to them: Be such as you would like to see others, and you will find those who resemble you Picture Quote #1

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The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry Picture Quote #1

Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of their interest and acquaintance Picture Quote #1

When a beautiful woman yields to temptation, let her consult her pride, though she forgets her virtue Picture Quote #1

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason Picture Quote #1

If you don’t want temptation to follow you, don’t act as if you are interested Picture Quote #1

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality Picture Quote #1

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Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery (Temptation Quotes) 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 (Temptation Quotes) A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of adultery is for laymen and the yearning for riches is for secular ecclesiastics, the seduction of knowledge is for monks (Temptation Quotes) Medical science has oppressed us with a new huge burden of longevity. It is in that last undesired decade, when passion is cold, appetites feeble, curiosity dulled and experience has begotten cynicism, that accidia lies in wait as the final temptation to destruction (Temptation Quotes) If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we must make allowances for the rich men’s failings, and recollect that we, too, were very likely indolent and voluptuous, had we no motive for work, a mortal’s natural taste for pleasure, and the daily temptation of a large income. What could a great peer, with a great castle and park, and a great fortune, do but be splendid and idle? (Temptation Quotes) I felt an unrelenting restlessness. It was the first time I had ever experienced jealousy, and that emotion clung to my skin day and night like a dark stain, a contamination I could not shed; it became so unbearable that when finally I rid myself of it, I was freed forever of the desire to possess another person or the temptation ever to belong to anyone (Temptation Quotes) There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn (Temptation Quotes) Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self preservative instincts of sound life; it has corrupted even the faculties of those natures that are intellectually most vigorous, by representing the highest intellectual values as sinful, as misleading, as full of temptation (Temptation Quotes) Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome situations if you need to, but don’t insert yourself unless you’re running out of time and a solution is nowhere in sight. In short, stifle your inner control freak (Temptation Quotes) It’s the great temptation for small groups of people to slide into a state where they’re not quite telling each other the truth and they’re not quite celebrating each other. Instead, they tolerate each other, they accommodate each other, and they settle for sitting on the unspoken matters that separate them (Temptation Quotes) Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor’s fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We can’t socialize the doctors without socializing the patients. Recognize that government invasion of public power is eventually an assault upon your own business (Temptation Quotes) Too many people try to do the new job, new spouse, new house, new car thing in 18 months. That’s a good way to end up broke. We’ve got to resist the temptation to catch up with our parents in 18 months. Slow down. You have the rest of your life to play catch up. After all, it’s just stuff (Temptation Quotes) You’d get very rich if you thought of yourself as having a card with only twenty punches in a lifetime, and every financial decision used up one punch. You’d resist the temptation to dabble. You’d make more good decisions and you’d make more big decisions (Temptation Quotes) Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others (Temptation Quotes) Human character is never found to enter into its glory, except through the ordeal of affliction. Its force cannot come forth without the offer of resistance, nor can the grandeur of its free will declare itself, except in the battle of fierce temptation (Temptation Quotes) Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life (Temptation Quotes) It is ill changing the creed to meet each rising temptation. The soul is truer than it seems, and refuses to be trifled with (Temptation Quotes) The dilemma posed by consumerism is not the endless manufacturing of desires, but the temptation to settle for desires far below what we were created for (Temptation Quotes) Disciplines teach us to overcome the temptation to gratify our immediate desires so that we may attain a higher one (Temptation Quotes) Asperse, v. T. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit (Temptation Quotes) The only impregnable citadel of virtue is religion; for there is no bulwark of mere morality, which some temptation may not overtop or undermine, and destroy (Temptation Quotes) Virtue, which breaks through opposition and all temptation can remove, most shines, and most is acceptable above (Temptation Quotes) No one, judging from his own feelings and powers, can be aware of the kind or degree of temptation or terror, or the seeming incapacity to resist them, which may induce others to deviate (Temptation Quotes) To guard the mind against the temptation of thinking that there are no good people, say to them: Be such as you would like to see others, and you will find those who resemble you (Temptation Quotes) The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry (Temptation Quotes) Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of their interest and acquaintance (Temptation Quotes) When a beautiful woman yields to temptation, let her consult her pride, though she forgets her virtue (Temptation Quotes) The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason (Temptation Quotes) If you don’t want temptation to follow you, don’t act as if you are interested (Temptation Quotes) The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality (Temptation Quotes)

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