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Image of Jack D. Schwager
You don't have to get in or out of a position all at once. Avoid the temptation of wanting to be completely right.
- Jack D. Schwager
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Image of Brett Davern
I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations.
- Brett Davern
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Image of Criss Jami
God tests, but he does not tempt.
- Criss Jami
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Image of William H. Gass
If death itself were to die, would it have a ghost, and would the ghost of death visit the dead in the guise of someone alive, if only to fright them from any temptation to return?
- William H. Gass
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Image of Michael Horton
Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts-it's able to endure temptations-bec ause it faces them, not because it pretends they're not there.
- Michael Horton
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Image of Georgette Heyer
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
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Image of Thomas Harris
The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.
- Thomas Harris
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Image of Rutherford B. Hayes
Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid.
- Rutherford B. Hayes
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Image of William Barclay
God tested Abraham. Temptation is not meant to make us fail; it is meant to confront us with a situation out of which we emerge stronger than we were. Temptation is not the penalty of manhood; it is the glory of manhood.
- William Barclay
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Image of Pope Benedict XVI
A world filled with temptations needs priests who are totally dedicated to their mission. Accordingly, they are asked in a very special way to open themselves fully to serving others as Christ did by embracing the gift of celibacy.
- Pope Benedict XVI
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Image of Charles Spurgeon
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle
- Charles Spurgeon
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Image of Alistair Begg
It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I’m not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.
- Alistair Begg
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Image of Ovid
Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.
- Ovid
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Image of Robert M. Sapolsky
But often, it's easier to resist temptation with distraction, or to be so inculcated in doing the right thing that it's automatic, outside the frontal cortex's portfolio - Then it isn't the harder thing, it's the only thing you can do.
- Robert M. Sapolsky
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Image of Nathaniel Parker Willis
Temptation hath a music for all ears.
- Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Image of Rabindranath Tagore
The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
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Image of Samuel Richardson
We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary.
- Samuel Richardson
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Image of Dallin H. Oaks
Don't accommodate any degree of temptation. Prevent sin and avoid having to deal with its inevitable destruction. So, turn it off! Look away! Avoid it at all costs. Direct your thoughts in wholesome paths. Remember your covenants and be faithful in temple attendance.
- Dallin H. Oaks
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Image of David Ogilvy
The temptation to entertain instead of selling is contagious.
- David Ogilvy
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Image of Gena Showalter
I'm highly aware that some impulses are harder to ignore than others. I'm aware that fear of consequences causes us to guard our secrets. But it's our actions when faced with temptation that define who we are. It's our courage in admitting what we've done wrong that makes us forgivable.
- Gena Showalter
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Image of Margaret Thatcher
The accumulation of wealth is a process which is of itself morally neutral. True, as Christianity teaches, riches bring temptations. But then so does poverty.
- Margaret Thatcher
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Image of Jerry Bridges
The very first temptation in the history of mankind was the temptation to be discontent...that is exactly what discontent(ment ) is - a questioning of the goodness of God.
- Jerry Bridges
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Image of Spencer W. Kimball
The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance.
- Spencer W. Kimball
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Image of Boyd K. Packer
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
- Boyd K. Packer
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Image of Ayn Rand
Consider the reasons which make us certain that we are right, but not the fact that we are certain. If you are not convinced, ignore our certainty. Don't be tempted to substitute our judgment for your own.
- Ayn Rand
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Image of Henry B. Eyring
So many things beat upon us in a lifetime that simply enduring may seem almost beyond us… But the test a loving God has set before us is not to see if we can endure difficulty. It is to see if we can endure it well. We pass the test by showing that we remembered Him and the commandments He gave us. And to endure well is to keep those commandments whatever the opposition, whatever the temptation, and whatever the tumult around us.
- Henry B. Eyring
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Image of Christine Feehan
She was temptation wrapped in casual elegance.
- Christine Feehan
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Image of Oscar Wilde
The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.
- Oscar Wilde
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Image of Thomas Adams
Half our virtue arises from our being out of the way of temptation.
- Thomas Adams
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Image of Dallin H. Oaks
I encourage you to seek the help of the Savior to resist temptation and to refrain from behavior that would cause you to have to repent or to have your Church membership called into question.
- Dallin H. Oaks
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Image of Karl Popper
The future is always present, as a promise, a lure and a temptation.
- Karl Popper
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Image of Charles Spurgeon
Has there not been, sometimes, this temptation to do a great deal for Christ, but not to live a great deal with Christ?
- Charles Spurgeon
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Image of William Penn
'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
- William Penn
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Image of Tim Tebow
If I’ve already thought through a situation and have a response prepared ahead of time in the event temptation rears its ugly head, it is that much easier to resist.
- Tim Tebow
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Image of Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Have you been tormented with fears and doubts? Bombarded with temptation to sin? Try praising the Lord, and watch Satan flee.
- Nancy Leigh DeMoss
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Image of Watchman Nee
Mere mental assimilation of these truths cannot withstand temptation, however. The revelation of God is positively essential. The Spirit of God must reveal how we are in Christ and how we are united with Him in one.
- Watchman Nee
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Image of Bertolt Brecht
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
- Bertolt Brecht
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Image of Ambrose Bierce
TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.
- Ambrose Bierce
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Image of Richard Rohr
We Catholics must admit that there is a constant temptation among us to avoid the lectionary and the Word of God for private and pious devotions that usually have little power to actually change us or call our ego assumptions into question.
- Richard Rohr
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Image of Gary Bauer
I would urge my fellow conservatives to avoid the temptation to crow about it or take credit.
- Gary Bauer
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Image of Oscar Wilde
The only thing I can't resist is temptation.
- Oscar Wilde
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Image of Rick Warren
Every temptation is an offer to doubt God's love and wisdom.
- Rick Warren
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Image of Karen Chance
To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation.
- Karen Chance
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Image of Boyd K. Packer
The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
- Boyd K. Packer
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Image of Saint Francis de Sales
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
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Image of Henry Rollins
Put temptation on the unenjoyment line.
- Henry Rollins
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Image of Francis Chan
I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
- Francis Chan
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Image of Henri Nouwen
That's the temptation of the devil: "Turn stones into bread! Be relevant!"
- Henri Nouwen
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