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  There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

  Mark Twain

  Motivational, Forbidden Love, Self Control

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclinations in the flesh. For when you have faith, there will be a hundred more evil thoughts and a hundred more temptations than before.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Evil, Doubt

  Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”, Concordia Publishing House

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• All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Motivational, Men, Broken

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

  Robert Browning

  Men, Feet, Triumph

  'The Ring and the Book' (1868-9) bk. 10, l. 1184

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• There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

  James Branch Cabell

  Memories, History, Satisfaction

  James Branch Cabell (2013). “The Essential James Branch Cabell Collection”, eBookIt.com

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• In all states of dilemma or of difficulty, prayer is an available source. The ship of prayer may sail through all temptations, doubts and fears, straight up to the throne of God; and though she may be outward bound with only griefs, and groans, and sighs, she shall return freighted with a wealth of blessings!

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Grief, Blessing

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• There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

  Paul the Apostle

  Taken, Men, Faithful

  Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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• No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Tempted, Objects, Values

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• Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

  H. L. Mencken

  Work, Body, Force

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• 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 temptation we resist.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Success, Believe

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.298, Library of America

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• He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

  Horace Mann

  Men, Temptation Life, Resisting Temptation

  Horace Mann (1850). “A Few Thoughts for a Young Man: A Lecture, Delivered Before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, on Its 29th Anniversary”, p.70

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• Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will never be without strife and grief. Thus, we should not strive for a peace that is without temptation, or for a life that never feels adversity. Peace is not found by escaping temptations, but by being tried by them. We will have discovered peace when we have been tried and come through the trial of temptation.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Peace, Grief, Adversity

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• No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Knows

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers.

  Gerald Jampolsky

  Teacher, Acceptance, Judging

  Gerald Jampolsky (2009). “Good-Bye to Guilt: Releasing Fear Through Forgiveness”, p.138, Bantam

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• O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Men, Desperate

  William Shakespeare (1871). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.260

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• Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure man needs the help.

  Bill Watterson

  Believe, Men, Evil

  "The Days Are Just Packed". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1993.

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• It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

  Anthony Trollope

  Power, Years, Dying

  'The Small House at Allington' (1864) ch. 14

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• Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.

  Robert Herrick

  Hurt, Satan, Temptation Life

  Robert Herrick, Samuel Weller Singer (1856). “Hesperides: or, The works both humane and divine of Robert Herrick ...”, p.231

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

  Margaret of Valois

  Moral Strength, Tests, Misfortunes

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• 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

  Promise, Wish, Obsession

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• I wouldn't call myself a leader. I don't want to lead people, I want to tempt them, I want to create a new world for them, just for that very small moment, when they are losing themselves in my music. I want to inspire them

  Paul van Dyk

  Leadership, Music, Creating

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• Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each golfing invention as soon as it makes its appearance. If you do, you will only complicate and spoil your game - and encumber your locker with useless rubbish.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Games, Useless

  Harry Vardon (2010). “The Complete Golfer”, p.168, Cosimo, Inc.

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• We must pray constantly for His enabling grace to say no to temptation, of choosing to take all practical steps to avoid known areas of temptation and flee from those that surprise us.

  Jerry Bridges

  Grace, Enabling, Steps

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• Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away paradise. Therefore in all temptations consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose.

  Richard Sibbes

  Apples, Giving, Paradise

  "Complete Works of Richard Sibbes".

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• Temptation can be defined as an inducement to do evil. Three powerful forces work together to ruin a believer's character and witness: Satan, the world system, and our own lustful "flesh" tendencies.

  Charles Stanley

  Christian, Powerful, Character

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