Temptation Quotes - Page 20

• Heed not Mephistopheles, my children, lest you suffer eternal damnation. When he whispers in your ear, turn away your head and hearken instead to the angel on your shoulder.

  Harry Segall

  Children, Angel, Suffering

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• The besetting sin of able men is impatience of contradiction and of criticism. Even those who do their best to resist the temptation, yield to it almost unconsciously and become the tools of toadies and flatterers. "Authorities," "disciples," and "schools" are the curse of science and do more to interfere with the work of the scientific spirit than all its enemies.

  Thomas Huxley

  School, Men, Yield

  Thomas Henry Huxley (1967). “The Essence of T. H. Huxley: Selections Form His Writings”

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• There is a temptation in politics to look for simplistic slogans and to play the game in a way that looks like you're a savvy politician.

  Kathleen Wynne

  Games, Play, Looks

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• Many of us suffer from temptations from which we have no business to suffer.

  Oswald Chambers

  Suffering

  Oswald Chambers (1994). “My Utmost for His Highest: The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers : Features the Author's Daily Prayers”, Discovery House Pub

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• Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite of all temptations or menaces.

  Albert Pike

  Bravery, Enemy, Flesh

  Albert Pike (2013). “Morals and Dogma”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• Either offer me something I really like, or stop trying to tempt me.

  Mason Cooley

  Trying, Stop Trying, Offers

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• In truth, it requires not only a large intellect, but a large heart, to judge with becoming charity of the peculiar temptations of riches.

  Shirley Bassey

  Heart, Judging, Peculiar

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• The Puritan, of course, is not entirely devoid of aesthetic feeling. He has a taste for good form; he responds to style; he is even capable of something approaching a purely aesthetic emotion. But he fears this aesthetic emotion as an insinuating distraction from his chief business in life: the sober consideration of the all-important problem of conduct. Art is a temptation, a seduction, a Lorelei, and the Good Man may safely have traffic with it when it is broken to moral uses--in other words, when its innocence is pumped out of it, and it is purged of gusto.

  H. L. Mencken

  Art, Men, Broken

  H.L. Mencken (1920). “Prejudices Second Series”

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• Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness is Adophe Monod at his best. It is a masterpiece, bringing together profound comfort, realistic understanding, practical wisdom, and heavenly glory for every believer and, in a special way, for those who are preparing for or are working directly in some ministry. By the Spirit's grace, if you digest Monod's book slowly, seriously, and prayerfully, you will make great spiritual gain as you engage in holy warfare against your own temptations and lusts. You really must read this book.

  Joel Beeke

  Spiritual, Jesus, Book

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• No temptation, no pressure, no enticing can overcome us unless we allow such. If we make the wrong choice, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Choices, Overcoming, Pressure

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• Bait is made to look SO good you OVERlook the trap. Whether scratched or scarred you ALWAYS get hurt giving in to Temptation.

  LeCrae

  Hurt, Giving, Bait

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• The temptation to add features to a program must be resisted as strongly as possible. This requires the dedication of a saint

  Joe Armstrong

  Dedication, Saint, Add

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• It is a cheap zeal that reserves its passions to combat only the sins and temptations of others.

  D. A. Carson

  Passion, Sin, Combat

  D. A. Carson (2009). “The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism”, p.358, Harper Collins

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• Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Lying, Overcoming, Energy

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• Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers.

  C. S. Lewis

  Looks, Facts, Honest

  C. S. Lewis (2009). “A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works”, p.39, Harper Collins

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• This is my endlessly recurrent temptation: to go down to that Sea, and there neither dive nor swim nor float, but only dabble and splash, careful not to get out of my depth and holding on to the lifeline which connects me with my things temporal.

  C. S. Lewis

  Sea, Swim, Depth

  C. S. Lewis (2009). “A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works”, p.39, Harper Collins

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• Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity; prayer gives us strength to rise up from indifference and guilt, if we have had the misfortune to give in to temptation and weakness. Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God's perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying!

  Pope John Paul II

  Prayer, Giving Up, Light

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• Temptation is impossible for me to resist Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description.

  Tom Sizemore

  Jobs, Hollywood, Impossible

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why I cried. You never did that. You led me into temptation by your - politeness.

  Peter Ustinov

  Fun, Hate, Men

  "The Loser: A Novel". Book by Peter Ustinov, 1960.

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• Every trial that ever burdened a mortal man, every temptation that ever stormed a human heart, and every blessing that ever delighted a needy soul have been skillfully designed by the Creator for one purpose: to draw men to Himself.

  Jim Berg

  Heart, Men, Blessing

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• It is too late if we wait until the moment of temptation before making our decision.

  Nathan Eldon Tanner

  Decision, Waiting, Too Late

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• Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Eye, Hands, Secret

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.14, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• The most important thing about the gentleman was that he was an idealist. ... He was bred up to a code of self-restraint which taught resistance to pragmatic temptation. He was definitely a man of sentiment, who refused to put matters on a basis of materialism and self-aggrandizement.

  Richard M. Weaver

  Men, Self, Gentleman

  Richard M. Weaver (2013). “Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition”, p.50, University of Chicago Press

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• There is no harder shield for the devil to pierce with temptation than singing with prayer.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Prayer, Singing, Devil

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.123

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• Every temptation is an offer to doubt God's love and wisdom.

  Rick Warren

  Doubt, Love And Wisdom, Offers

  Twitter post from May 13, 2014

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