Quotes by Temptation As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do. Georgette Heyer temptationwishpromise The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very vigilant, and seeks all occasions to disturb me. George Whitefield temptationblessingchristian All our afflictions, all our temptations are to make heaven more desirable, and earth more loathsome. George Whitefield afflictiontemptationheaven To walk before God and in His presence, is the ground and the costly jewel of true Christian living. I would have you above all things to grasp this firmly,because, when it is rightly understood and practiced, it includes all else. Gerhard Tersteegen jewelstemptationchristian He brings to naught, destroys and rejects all that is not His own work; how He draws everything to Himself and absorbs it, that at last He may live and work in us and through us and reign alone as king. Happy the soul who refuses nothing to love, but places everything at His disposal, for only thus may all our works be done more and more in God. Gerhard Tersteegen soulkingstemptation 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. George Orwell sainttemptationpeople It’s rather a strong check to one’s self-complacency to find how much of one’s right doing depends on not being in want of money. George Eliot strongtemptationself Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty. George Eliot beautiful-womentemptationbeauty No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted. George Eliot temptationmenart The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity. George Eliot skillstemptationopportunity Never resist temptation: prove all things: hold fast that which is good. George Bernard Shaw biblicalprovetemptation When temptation comes your way, name that boastful, deceitful giant “Goliath!” and do with it as David did to the Philistine of Gath. Gordon B. Hinckley giantstemptationnames We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course. George W. Bush temptationtryingjobs Virtue is insufficient temptation. George Bernard Shaw insufficientvirtuetemptation The noble temptation to see too much in everything. Gilbert K. Chesterton nobletoo-muchtemptation It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong! Grover Cleveland credittemptation If you spell a word wrong you have some temptation to think it wrong. Gilbert K. Chesterton spellstemptationthinking Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it-the quality of temptation. Hannah temptationevilpeople You must hand yourself and all your inward experiences, your temptations, your temperament, your frames and feelings, all over into the care of your God, and leave them there. He made you and therefore He understands you, and knows how to manage you, and you must trust Him to do it. Hannah Whitall Smith temptationfeelingshands When individual enterprise is free and unhampered, profit-and-loss calculations set precise limits to a businessman's temptations to expand his services... a government valuable they may be, have no market price and, therefore, cannot be subjected to profit-and-loss accounting. Hans F. Sennholz governmenttemptationloss«89101112131415161718»
