Quotes by Temptation A trustworthy marriage has weathered temptation and anger and jealousy, resentment, self-righteousness and a little bit of selfishness. When you get over and get through that, then maybe you can see the light to love. Ruby Dee lighttemptationself It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation, Rudyard Kipling slothtemptationfunny The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public opinion polls to shape their plans. Results of those polls are informative. But they could hardly be used as grounds to justify disobedience to God’s commandments! Russell M. Nelson marketingpoliticaltemptation Temptation and testing (or a trial) are two sides of the same coin. Satan uses an occasion or a person to tempt us to fall; God uses the same to try us and make us stronger. Ruth Graham two-sidestemptationfall I have the financial morals of a goldfish, I can resist everything but temptation. Ruth St. Denis goldfishmoraltemptation Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid. Rutherford B. Hayes weaknesstemptationage I try to avoid the temptation with time as a total indicator for what my possibilities are for the marathon. It's the not the best indicator, but it's more how you feel, how you cover the distance and how you are able to do the training afterward. Ryan Hall trainingdistancetemptation But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. Saint Peter sufferingtemptationjoy For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies. Saint Francis de Sales dangeroustemptationbears Is it not a great temptation to be so valiant in imagination and so cowardly in execution? Saint Francis de Sales executionimaginationtemptation Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things. Saint Augustine fightingsufferingtemptation Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill. Saint John Chrysostom scarytemptationevil A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words Saint Augustine temptationseawind Lately I was near the beehives and some of the bees flew onto my face. I wanted to raise my hand, and brush them off. 'No,' said a peasant to me, 'do not be afraid, and do not touch them. They will not sting you at all, if you touch them they will bite you.' I trusted him; not one bit me. Trust me; do not fear these temptations. Do not touch them; they will not hurt you. Saint Francis de Sales hurttemptationhands I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which strive vainly to encapsulate them, it is possible to create past events simply by saying they occurred. Salman Rushdie temptationmemoriespast I hate endings. Just detest them. Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster. … The temptation towards resolution, towards wrapping up the package, seems to me a terrible trap. Why not be more honest with the moment? The most authentic endings are the ones which are already revolving towards another beginning. That’s genius. Sam Shepard why-nothatetemptation 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. Saint Augustine understandingtemptationmen We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary. Samuel Richardson be-goodgoodnesstemptation Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature. Samuel Johnson merittemptationmen An acknowledged love sanctifies every little freedom; and little freedoms beget great ones. Samuel Richardson sanctifytemptationlittles«2728293031323334353637»
