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Temptation exercises our faith and teaches us to pray. by A. B. Simpson

Temptation exercises our faith and teaches us to pray.

A. B. Simpson
temptation faith exercise

I could go old-school; I listen to a lot of old-school music, like Teddy Pendergrass, the Temptations, people like that. I'm an old-school dude, and I'm vibin' with stuff like that to clear my mind. I like listening to that old-school music.

Ace Hood
temptation people school
Where there is no temptation, there is no virtue. by Agnes Repplier

Where there is no temptation, there is no virtue.

Agnes Repplier
virtue temptation
Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and... by A.J. Cronin

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

A.J. Cronin
temptation mind

When I said on national television I still struggle, a reparative therapist called me and said if you'll come into therapy with me I can cure you of your temptations and attractions 100 percent. And then there are the offers of using homosexual pornography within the therapeutic process to help people understand why they're struggling.

Alan Chambers
temptation struggle people
The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism. by Albert Camus

The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.

Albert Camus
intelligence cynicism temptation

The work on satisfactory formulation of technical patents was a true blessing for me. It compelled me to be many-sided in thought, and also offered important stimulation for thought about physics. Following a practical profession is a blessing for people of my type. Because the academic career puts a young person in a sort of compulsory situation to produce scientific papers in impressive quantity, a temptation to superficiality arises that only strong characters are able to resist.

Albert Einstein
temptation blessing thinking
Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial a... by Albert Einstein

Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial analysis.

Albert Einstein
strong temptation character

Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite of all temptations or menaces.

Albert Pike
temptation bravery enemy

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

Albert Pike
temptation may fall

I do not want to frighten you by telling you about the temptations life will bring. Anyone who is healthy in spirit will overcome them. But there is something I want you to realize. It does not matter so much what you do. What matters is whether your soul is harmed by what you do. If your soul is harmed, something irreparable happens, the extent of which you won't realize until it will be too late.

Albert Schweitzer
what-matters healthy temptation

Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and 6 of those words are devoted to asking god not to lead us into temptation.

Aldous Huxley
temptation prayer long

And so, resisting the temptation to wallow in artistic remorse, I prefer to leave both well and ill alone and to think about something else

Aldous Huxley
artistic temptation thinking

Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of integrity.

Alexander Crummell
temptation integrity men
Christ wrought out His perfect obedience as a man, through tempta... by Alexander MacLaren

Christ wrought out His perfect obedience as a man, through temptation, and by suffering.

Alexander MacLaren
temptation perfect men
We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake... by Alexander McCall Smith

We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake.

Alexander McCall Smith
mma cake temptation
But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, n... by Alexander Pope

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

Alexander Pope
satan literature temptation

People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.

Alexandra Cassavetes
temptation people ideas

There are temptations more attractive than angels. Liberty, Patriotism, the good of humanity – words like that are the silver scales of the Tempter’s flaming wings

Alfred de Musset
angel temptation wings

Resist the temptation to think what afflicts you is peculiar to you. Have faith that what is in your consciousness can be communicated to the consciousness of all. And is, in many cases, already there.

Alice Walker
peculiar temptation thinking
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