Temptation Quotes - Page 22

None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.

The attempt to close the gap between what is known and what IS, is the temptation behind the apple in Genesis.

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.

The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction.

We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake.

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.

I could go old-school; I listen to a lot of old-school music, like Teddy Pendergrass, the Temptations, people like that. I'm an old-school dude, and I'm vibin' with stuff like that to clear my mind. I like listening to that old-school music.

The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always a temptation to invoke security "necessities" to justify an encroachment upon civil liberties. For that reason, the military-security argument must be approached with a healthy skepticism.

The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.

Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.

The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods.

Great success is a great temptation.

I resist the temptation to curate my apartment.

You know what, life is full of temptations

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

Temptation turns you. It makes you into something you never dreamed, it presses you to give up everything you ever loved, it calls you to sell your soul for one, fleeting moment.

We knew before we came (to earth) that there would be many adverse circumstances to test us: accidents, sickness, and disease to prove us; temptations and distractions to try us; disappointments, discouragements, reverses, failures and all kinds of situations to determine our character.

Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us

If you don't want temptation to follow you, don't act as if you are interested.

In the current economic situation, the temptation for the more dynamic economies is that of chasing after advantageous alliances that, nevertheless, can have harmful effects for poorer states, prolonging situations of extreme mass poverty of men and women and using up the earth's natural resources, entrusted to man by God the Creator-as Genesis says-that he might cultivate and protect it.

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.

The most critical case in a corporation, especially a big one, is when everything goes well, when you have accomplished your objectives. When the temptation is to work twice as hard instead of saying, "We have accomplished our objectives, we have to think again."

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

I am too impatient to wait for temptation to come to me.