Temptation Quotations | Page 3

That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.

I don't take drugs nor drink since 2000 and I must say that I don't think about it anymore, although like every person that was addicted and has money - I know that this can lead to temptation.

Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of integrity.

You have to encourage people not to give in to the temptation to be normal, even if it isn't easy - because when you're young, you really want to belong.

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

It is a constant battle to resist the temptation to have more luxuries, to acquire more stuff, and to live more comfortably.

There's a great temptation to clean everything up and make everything more perfect. You have to know when to stop and stop doing it, or you might end up with something that sounds metronomic.

Preschoolers sound much brighter and more knowledgeable than they really are, which is why so many parents and grandparents are sosure their progeny are gifted and super-bright. Because children's questions sound so mature and sophisticated, we are tempted to answer them at a level of abstraction far beyond the child's level of comprehension. That is a temptation we should resist.

Very simply, the Spirit of Elijah is the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of Elijah will influence anyone who is involved in this work. That, for a young person in the wickedness in the world in which we live today, is one of the greatest safeguards against the temptations of the adversary. The Spirit of Elijah will not only bless you, it will protect you.

The temptation to entertain instead of selling is contagious.

Your first film is always your best film, in a way. There's something about your first film that you never ever get back to, but you should always try. It's that slight sense of not knowing what you're doing, because the technical skills you learn - especially if you have a film that works, that has some kind of success - are beguiling. The temptation is to use them again, and they're not necessarily good storytelling techniques.

Temptations are like tramps. Treat them kindly, and they will return bringing others with them. Temptations are never so dangerous as when they come to us in a religious garb.

We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary.

This summer I tried to take up golf, after many years of avoiding that particular temptation to blasphemy.

When discussing the rise and fall of empires, it is well to mark closely their rate of growth, avoiding the temptation to telescope time and discover too early signs of greatness in a state which we know will one day be great, or to predict too early the collapse of an empire which we know will one day cease to be. The life-span of empires cannot be plotted by events, only by careful diagnosis and ausculation--and as in medicine there is always room for error.

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

We avoid that temptation to put in only things we need help with.

You can let things become stagnant and succumb to outside temptation and excitement, ... And this is definitely a film about thinking twice before you do that.

There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some temptation we resisted

Those that can will do so, either officially -- as Saudi Arabia has -- or unofficially, simply because of the temptation of higher prices,

The world can be a challenging and difficult place in which to live. We are often surrounded by that which would drag us down. As you and I go to the holy houses of God, as we remember the covenants we make within, we will be more able to bear every trial and to overcome each temptation. In this sacred sanctuary we will find peace; we will be renewed and fortified.

I have great admiration for power, a great terror of weakness, especially in my own sex, yet feel that my love is for those who overcome the mental and moral suffering and temptation through excess of tenderness rather than through excess of strength.

We could tell he (Thompson) was getting tired in the seventh inning. He started to hang a few pitches. The temptation was to throw him back out there for the eighth because he pitched such a great game but he gave us all he had.

Every temptation is an opportunity to triumph over evil.

Don't let the temptation of deductible mortgage interest steer you away from paying down your mortgage,

Credit is like chastity, they can both stand temptation better than suspicion

Feeling so rush to be proficient is a common temptation for newbies.

Fear can supplant our real problems only to the extent --unwilling either to assimilate or to exhaust it --we perpetuate it within ourselves like a temptation and enthrone it at the very heart of our solitude.

There's going to be a lot of temptation on people around the league this year on (wide receiver) Terrell Owens. I can tell you right now, we won't be involved in that temptation. That's part of the plan.

There's no reason that we should give up that lever on people's behavior - namely, the inhibition systems of the brain - just because we're coming to understand more about the temptation systems.

I've certainly had periods when I felt like life was winning and I was losing, so I think everybody can relate to that quandary - the temptation to give in, to give up, and then what It takes to keep going.

I've signed up until 2008 and I am happy. I preferred to stay here. There was a temptation from Real Madrid but I am staying here.

The socioeconomic conditions on the ground are difficult. The governments have the will to fight illegal fishing, but the temptation is big in relatively poor countries.

The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.

The temptation to do remakes is simply that, if the picture worked once in the past, why not try it again?

The temptation to defeat the government will be overwhelming. They know that when this issue fades, their fortunes fade with it, so sooner is better than later.

The temptation is to pick the eyes out of the wines to make a great wine, a trophy-winning wine,

The temptation is too great for Hollywood to resist.

The temptation is to begin drawing conclusions, and I think that's a real mistake, because lots of things happen in the month of February and the conference tournaments, ... The process is best served by doing some background work and not coming to any conclusions.

The temptation for both sides of this controversy, if they have control of the school board, will be to exaggerate the guidelines, to administer them in a way that is not so neutral. And that may invite more lawsuits.

The temptation employers are going to be confronted with is to look at this as a way to reduce expenses.

The temptation was there after their fifth goal. But I decided against my intuition. He's got to learn to battle through it.

The temptation was an absolute truth and the serpent was the tempter. For his insolence the snake was punished and condemned to crawl on its belly forever.

The temptation to quit and start over infects every creative process I've ever been in. Frustration and boredom always fuel this self-doubt.

The temptation to put standards aside in pursuit of sales volume is enormous.

The temptation to overwhelm them with unjustified employment law, just to placate the trade union movement, must be resisted.

Ivy Leaguers are hard-driving, talented people, and the temptation to get ahead by any means is just as prevalent there. If they see people around them gaming the system, they are quick to pick up on that. Maybe quicker.

Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt. Prayer makes it weaker.

Russia has shown it's not above the temptation of using some bargaining power or blackmail. It shows that if there is a way to get some political-economic advantages from a temporary weakness of your partner, the Russians will use it.

Probably the biggest temptation that young writers face is to be entertaining, to show your bag of tricks and do a bit of tap dancing. I read a lot of things, and I keep seeing this brocade of voice where someone is trying to be too pally with you or ingratiating on the page.

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.

Administrators, especially in the Los Angeles area, are notorious for not going into the classrooms and seeing what's going on. The temptation exists in social studies to insert your own opinion, and many teachers violate that kind of thing all the time. Who's looking at the teachers to see how well these discussions are being conducted?

some people need the discipline of the taxes and penalties of a traditional IRA to avoid the temptation to use the money too quickly in retirement.

No woman has less temptation to seek matrimony from sordid motives of selfishness or convenience. The actress is an absolutely independent wage-earner, and better compensated than the great majority of women who make their own livelihoods. She need not marry for money, or social position, for these are her natural possessions.

Decide while you're young to keep the commandments of God, and you won't have to think fast, because before temptation even steps up to the bat, you'll have made your decision. You were smart enough to think first.

As first and foremost a character actor, I've always resisted the temptation to cure any of the people I've played or make them lovable in any way; you've just got to celebrate them for what they are.

You need to address a package of measures. You know, security, economics, humanitarian. At the end of the day, you need to make the country feel secure enough that they do not feel the temptation or the drive to develop nuclear weapons.

A lot of times, you're interacting with people for whom you're one of the very few veterans that they've met or had a lot of interactions with, and there's a temptation for you to feel like you can pontificate about what the experience was or what it meant, and that leads to a lot of nonsense.

There was a temptation with regard to Real Madrid, but when a club like Milan propose a contract extension you cannot refuse.

This is very popular right now because it lets you draw some money out of your home and improve cash flow. If you do this, resist the temptation to draw too much equity out of your home.

There's a risk to someone assuming this hero-type status because then there's the temptation you're going to lean toward believing him no matter what says -- and that's potentially dangerous.

There's always a temptation to take the sweets and run but you want more than that; you want your career to remain on track. In order to do that, you've got to use some of that money prudently. Set some of it assign for outplacement help. It should pay great dividends.

There is temptation to use a credit card for Spring Break, or for Winter Break, and most are not mature enough. Credit card companies know this.

There's always the temptation to start charging ahead (with a merger). But I'm trying to keep focused on what we both have to consider. We have to put our best foot forward . . . to meet everyone's expectations.

ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.Said a man to a crapulent youth: ""I thought You a total abstainer, my son.""""So I am, so I am,"" said the scrapgrace caught --""But not, sir, a bigoted one."" --G.J.

Abstainer - a weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

It's just too accessible. It's too easy. It's too big of a temptation for people.

Designing stuff is entering the realm of the unknown. You wonder, is it going to work. With modern stuff, the temptation is to be bizarre and striking, but these pieces can walk themselves from the living room to the back room, to the upstairs, and then to the attic. They wear you out. The challenge is to create something with staying power. That's the real challenge to me.

The biggest threat to our recovery is for the Congress to overspend, ... We have the funds to meet our obligations, so long as they resist the temptation to spend.

It was a big temptation to go to Perth,

It's tough because public records laws already depend on the good graces of public officials. This technology creates a horrible temptation to cheat.

There's the temptation to update 'The Odd Couple,' to put it in present-day time. I've seen productions like that and I didn't like them.

Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature.

It's neat. Sometimes you try to resist the temptation of thinking you've heard all the stories and tuning people out, because you'll hear some pretty unique stories. You can't believe how many people came up to me and said, 'Oh, we knew you were going to hit it.' Most people have been really great about it.

I know there is a big temptation to go there, but my client firmly believes that is not what is involved here,

I know that the American public is nervous about China, and there is a temptation to respond harshly to the economic challenge that China poses. But we need to resist that urge and make responsible policy.

I had never done that before-singing while trying to give a cinematic performance. The temptation is to open your mouth and belt it out and do something theatrical, which would just be ghastly because every time you open your mouth it's 30 feet wide on a big screen.

If you have two clerks, there's more of a temptation to resist, which could cause an escalation of the situation. And if it is a truly heinous act of violence, you just put more people at risk.

In popular Egyptian and regional culture, women are seen as weak, easy victims to temptation in the same way Eve couldn't resist that shiny apple in the Garden of Eden.

If there is a need, I will intervene. I truly hope the truck drivers will overcome the temptation to use the technical ability to clog up the country's arteries.

I succumbed to temptation and became a scientific administrator, first as Technical Director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center from 1982 to 1984, and then Director from 1984 to 1999. The job of a laboratory director is much different from the job of a physicist, particularly in a time of tight budgets. It is much easier to do physics when someone else gets the funds than it is to get the funds for others to do the research.

Clearly this is a serious situation and demands a serious response. It is important, however, to resist the temptation to rush to judgment before the investigators have an opportunity to complete their work.

Before, you couldn't get back and forth to these countries the way you can now. You couldn't share data electronically the way you can now. Even if people had the temptation to go overseas before because of less regulation, more compliant populations or study designs that they couldn't pull off locally, logistically it was not possible until recently. That's where globalization comes in.

After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper and humanize the affections, it is certain, that nothing hardens the heart like excessive and unbounded luxury; and he who refuses the fewest gratifications to his own voluptuousness, will generally be found the least susceptible of tenderness for the wants of others.

Temptation does not make the sin, it lies ready in the heart.

I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies.

I fear it is sometimes forgotten that God has married together justification and sanctification. They are distinct and different things, beyond question, but one is never found without the other. All justified people are sanctified, and all sanctified people are justified. ... Tell me not of your justification, unless you have also some marks of sanctification. Boast not of Christ's work for you, unless you can show us the Spirit's work in you.

By taking away the elite players from the Premiership clubs and leasing them back on an irregular basis, the solid foundation that we have created in the professional era would be weakened. The temptation would be for more clubs to go down the Northampton road and sign more players from overseas, something which would work to the detriment of the national side.

The temptation to vivify the tale and make it walk abroad on its own legs is hard to deny.

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.

Let my temptation be a book, which I shall purchase, hold and keep.

Let my temptation be a book.

If there is something that you have to do, resist the temptation to do it under duress. Ask yourself, "What's the worst thing that would happen if I didn't do this?" And if you can get away with not doing it at all, don't do it. And then imagine what would it feel like to have this done. Spend a day or two, if you can, just 15 minutes here, 5 minutes here, 2 minutes here, here and here, imagining it completed in a way that pleases you! And then, the next time you decide that you're going to take action about it, the action is going to be a whole lot easier.

Money is emphasized in Scripture simply because our temptation to love it is inexplicably powerful.

We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better.

Each temptation leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible.

Temptation is God's magnifying glass; it shows us how much work he has left to do in our lives.

Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle.

Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.

God does not make our choices easier because temptation is his character development curriculum.