Temptation Quotes

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

Good habits result from resisting temptation

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle

About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.
Tom Wilson

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.

Temptation hath a music for all ears.
Nathaniel Parker Willis

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction
John Owen

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist

Saintliness is also a temptation

Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that’ll get you home earlier.

Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

Things forbidden have a secret charm.

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.
Frederick Faber







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