Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.
Marguerite de Valois
It is easier to stay out than get out.
Mark Twain
Good habits result from resisting temptation
Proverb
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body
Henry Louis Mencken
Saintliness is also a temptation
Jean Anouilh
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Tacitus
Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
W. Somerset Maugham
Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.
H. L. Mencken
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle
Charles H. Spurgeon
Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.
John Quincy Adams
The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.
Thomas Merton
Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe