Quotes by Temptation It is ill changing the creed to meet each rising temptation. The soul is truer than it seems, and refuses to be trifled with. James Anthony Froude rising soul temptation It seems as if the more youthful and impressible streams can hardly resist the numerous invitations and temptations to leave theirnative beds and run down their neighbors' channels. Henry David Thoreau temptation rivers running Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations. James L. Buckley soul temptation running I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for your constituents that you be reelected than that you deal honestly with them. James L. Buckley cases important temptation A total commitment to anxiously serve the Lord and others is the surest way to overcome temptations of the adversary. James M. Paramore temptation overcoming commitment 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. James Martineau battle temptation character One learns more metaphysics from a single temptation than from all the philosophers. James Russell Lowell metaphysics philosopher temptation Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall. James Joyce soul temptation fall The very word woman in the writings of the church fathers stood for the basest of temptations... As women were lowered in the moral scale because of their identification with her at the very bottom of the pit, so they cannot rise themselves save as they succeed in lifting her with whose sins they are weighed. Jane Addams temptation writing father 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. James Madison honesty community temptation It has been wisely said, "that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy head in the lap of temptation!" Was it not easier for the hero of Judaea to avoid the touch of the fair Philistine, than to elude her power when held in her arms? Jane Porter angel temptation hero In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not the executive department. ... The trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man. James Madison temptation men war 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. Jane Porter temptation may religion Women are not thousands of temptations to hell. They are thousands of reminders of the beauty of heaven. Jason Evert hell temptation heaven After every temptation you will be either closer to God or further from Him. Jason Evert temptation Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn self-control temptation motivational Saintliness is also a temptation. Jean Anouilh saint temptation The command of a large sum is a dangerous temptation to a national administration. Though accumulated at their expense, the people rarely, if ever profit by it: yet in point of fact, all value, and consequently, all wealth, originates with the people. Jean-Baptiste Say administration temptation people Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. Jean de La Fontaine victory tears temptation After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting. Jean Cocteau poison temptation writing «1213141516171819202122»
