Quotes about Tempted

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' Votes: 6

The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them. Votes: 6

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. Votes: 6

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things. Votes: 6

Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival. Votes: 6

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of. Votes: 6

The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and what's it all about. Votes: 6

Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome. Votes: 4

Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall. Votes: 4

We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough. Votes: 4

No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted. Votes: 4

When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner. Votes: 4

When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?' Votes: 4

Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book. Votes: 4

The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor want exasperated into crime. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. Votes: 4

But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger. Votes: 4

Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't control - but you can control how you respond. Votes: 4

Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them. Votes: 4

In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly. Votes: 4

When tempted, the shortest and surest way is to act like a little child at the breast; when we show it a frightful monster, it shrinks back and buries its face in its mother's bosom, that it may no longer behold it. Votes: 4

Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast. Votes: 4

Say I Want to Feel Good when youre Tempted to Indulge in Low-Energy Thoughts Votes: 3

Tempted to type meaningless twaddle all the time on Twitter...with alliteration, no less! Votes: 3

Anne Barton is a delightful new voice in historical romance! Once She Was Tempted is a charming read, with characters who are easy to love--a wounded earl and a determined heroine whose heart won't be denied. Votes: 3

Hello, Aaron," Brigid said, sliding up to him and running a finger down his chest. "You're looking good . . . as always." Aaron lifted her finger off his shirt and let it drop. "Put some clothing on, Brigid." She smiled up at him. "Why? Tempted?" "Yeah, to cover my eyes. Votes: 3

When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?' Votes: 2

There's something very dreamlike about film, and I will always be very fascinated by that, and I'm always tempted to go in that direction. Votes: 2

I'm not into politics. I have received offers to enter politics, but I have not been tempted so far. I can't say about the future. Votes: 2

The next time you're tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives of all those around you more enjoyable. Votes: 2

Every child is innocent because it has not been tempted, but only when we have been tempted and have remained pure, or when we have fallen, repented and reformed, are we virtuous. Votes: 2

Try to see the good in others. When you're tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth. Votes: 2

Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid. Votes: 2

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro. Votes: 2

When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time. Votes: 2

Now, have I ever been tempted to break into a Krispy Kreme doughnut store in the middle of the night? Oh, yeah. God help us if I had a minibar stocked with cheesecake and chicken-fried steak. Votes: 2

Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses. Votes: 2

I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's it. I attack, I insult. I have a gift for that, for insults, for provocation. So I am tempted to use it. Votes: 2

I've spent so many years talking about poverty and economic justice, I'm strongly tempted to get biblical. Jesus' teachings are so radical; they're just insanely generous and apocalyptic. Christians become more fascinated by the dead Jesus. They don't like the living Jesus. Votes: 2

On Halloween, don't you know back when you were little, your mom tells you don't eat any candy until she checks it? I used to be so tempted to eat my candy on the way to other people's houses. That used to be such a tease. Votes: 2

The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand readers or a million readers it doesn't change the pressure. I never feel tempted to give the reader what I think the reader wants. Votes: 2

The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us is that we are to reach out when our instinct is to pull inward; to give when we want to take; to love when we are inclined to hate; to include when are tempted to exclude. Votes: 2

My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them. Votes: 2

Little white lies are part of everyday life. If you're in court being charged with a felony, you're probably going to be tempted to lie. Or if your girlfriend asks you if the sweater she is wearing makes her look fat; you're going to lie because you love that person. There are different reasons and justifications to lie; it's human nature. Votes: 2

I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras in music: The Forties and Fifties of big band, jazz and swing, and the Sixties and Seventies of rock. To me, they're really unparalleled. Votes: 2

The tempter or the tempted, who sins most? Votes: 0

If a girl is pretty she will be tempted. Votes: 0

I wasn't tempted to have my private parts decorated. Votes: 0

Inspiring visions rarely (I'm tempted to say never) include numbers. Votes: 0

I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes. Votes: 0

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall. Votes: 0

'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome. Votes: 0

I wasn't tempted to go into academia for a second. Votes: 0

You will be tempted by the need to feed yourself. Votes: 0

I am not tempted by God but I love his trappings. Votes: 0

The devil never tempted a man whom he found judiciously employed. Votes: 0

People can so easily be tempted by slackness... and by money. Votes: 0

I'm feeling incredibly Botox-tempted as my face collapses around my shoulders. Votes: 0

You can't be tempted, unless you want what is tempting you. Votes: 0

I've never been tempted by God but I like his trappings. Votes: 0

You can't become tempted if you just give in a little quicker. Votes: 0

I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it. Votes: 0

A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted. Votes: 0

Well, what was luck for if it was never to be tempted? Votes: 0

I don't believe anyone really likes paint, unless he's tempted to eat it. Votes: 0

It is no sin to be tempted; the wickedness lies in being overcome. Votes: 0

The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is. Votes: 0

The next time you're tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. Votes: 0

Politicians are often tempted to deploy history as a weapon against each other. Votes: 0

Anytime you're tempted to upsell someone else, stop what you're doing and upserve instead. Votes: 0

We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake. Votes: 0

You are never tempted by a devil without you, but by a devil within you, Votes: 0

About no subject are poets tempted to lie so much as about their own lives. Votes: 0

You tempt me. I can’t be tempted. I’m not made to be tempted. Votes: 0

I once heard a preacher who sorely tempted me to go to church no more. Votes: 0

Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever. Votes: 0

One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds. Votes: 0

People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it. Votes: 0

When you're tempted to be upset, ask yourself 'Is this worth giving up my joy?' Votes: 0

To be tempted is not to sin. The strongest attacks are made on the strongest forts. Votes: 0

Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life. Votes: 0

Always do good when you're tempted to do evil. The reward in doing good is priceless. Votes: 0

Work is when you confront the problems you might otherwise be tempted to run away from Votes: 0

We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal. Votes: 0

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing. Votes: 0

The general tendency [is] to be censorious of the vices to which one has not been tempted. Votes: 0

When tempted to do any thing in secret, ask yourself if you would do it in public. Votes: 0

Blessed is he who has never been tempted; for he knows not the frailty of his rectitude. Votes: 0

I am never tempted to pray but when a warm feeling for my friends comes athwart my heart. Votes: 0

The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted. Votes: 0

I would be a fool to lose my heart to him, but I am tempted more each day. Votes: 0

If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible. Votes: 0

I'm tempted to do everything. And sometimes I think, "Oh, come on. You can stick that detail somewhere." Votes: 0

The one advantage of being dyslexic is that you are never tempted to look back and idealise your childhood. Votes: 0

Many times we are tempted to defer to the documents we create, rather than the direct experiences we have. Votes: 0

Managers that always promise to 'make the numbers' will at some point be tempted to make up the numbers. Votes: 0

Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit; we are sometimes tempted that we may learn to pray the more. Votes: 0

If all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief. Votes: 0

The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question. Votes: 0

If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could? Votes: 0

I could never begin a poem: 'When I am dead' In case it tempted Fate, and Fate gave way. Votes: 0

It is a great joy to believe that Jesus has been tempted in all points just as we are. Votes: 0

Jesus was not tempted to see if He would fall. He was tempted to show that He could not fall. Votes: 0

... there are many to whom money has no personal appeal, but who can be tempted by the power it confers. Votes: 0

Anyone who was tempted to draw comparisons between my father's 'Dave Robicheaux' series and my first book quickly gave up. Votes: 0

No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins. Votes: 0

Ruins are ideal: the perceiver's attitudes count so heavily that one is tempted to say ruins are a way of seeing. Votes: 0

I have no desire to go anywhere near drugs. People say, "Aren't you tempted?" No, because of the ridiculousness of it. Votes: 0

At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant. Votes: 0

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction Votes: 0

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. Votes: 0

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted. Votes: 0

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama. Votes: 0

Razo was sorely tempted to assert that all was true and he'd lost his horns and tail in a tragic childhood accident Votes: 0

I know I'll astonish everyone by talking like this, but it's God's truth. Honors have never tempted me and I've never sought them. Votes: 0

If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you. Votes: 0

It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins. Votes: 0

Great men too make mistakes, and many among them do it so often that one is almost tempted to call them little men. Votes: 0

I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that. Votes: 0

To be tempted and indulged by the city's most brilliant chefs. It's the dream of every one of us in love with food. Votes: 0

Adults are tempted to produce and perform Christmas for their kids and their families, and they arrive at Christmas Day weary and disillusioned. Votes: 0

Jazz music hashaunted America for seventy years.It has tempted us out of our lily-white reserve with its black promise of untrammeled joy. Votes: 0

He who tempts, though in vain, at last asperses The tempted with dishonor foul, supposed Not incorruptible of faith, not proof Against temptation. Votes: 0

Sometimes you get tempted to make something wonderful even better but in doing so you lose what was so wonderful to begin with. Votes: 0

Cheer up, make every endeavor worthwhile and never get tempted to take away the privilege to smile because life deserves joy and laughter. Votes: 0

We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from other current and former inhabitants of this planet by assuming that we are ruled by progress. Votes: 0

If there's a rift in the marriage - if someone feels neglected, frustrated, tempted by others, or unsure - then trouble can easily arise. Votes: 0

Have you ever been tempted to start your own business- First read this cautionary tale, especially if you think your ideas come from God. Votes: 0

Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?' Votes: 0

Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion. Votes: 0

Be careful not to blame yourself if someone rejects Christ. If you do, you might be tempted to take credit when someone accepts him. Votes: 0

That's been my forever love affair - Mexican food. But yeah it has to be something savory or cheesy. I'm not tempted by sweets. Votes: 0

Anyone who prays for the death of his enemy must consider who tempted Jesus Christ, the persecution of the apostles and the Psalm 23 of David Votes: 0

The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God. Votes: 0

If only I could be hidden in a corner, so as not to be tempted to worry about things that are not really my business. Votes: 0

Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence. Votes: 0

It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself. Votes: 0

A young writer is easily tempted by the allusive and ethereal and ironic and reflective, but the declarative is at the bottom of most good writing. Votes: 0

Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined to it. Votes: 0

Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more I'm tempted to think that the only moderately worthwhile people in the world are you and I. Votes: 0

There have been unions based on gold or silver, but not on fiat money - money tempted to inflate - put out by politically independent entities. Votes: 0

We are sometimes tempted to believe the lie that God does not love us. Thankfully the Bible is filled with evidence that this is not true. Votes: 0

Is your face a beautiful blossom or a sweet torture? I have no complaints but my heart is tempted to let you hear of its sorrows. Votes: 0

Because we don't see the evil destroyed now and thus experience the suffering that evil inevitably inflicts, we are tempted to doubt God's existence and goodness. Votes: 0

When God says no, we are sometimes tempted to wonder if He loves us. In reality, it’s because He loves us, He sometimes says no. Votes: 0

People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives. Votes: 0

If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to say: "Lord, send me temptations." Votes: 0

When tempted to be unfaithful, the intellectual woman will try to inspire her husband with indifference, the sentimental woman with hatred, and the passionate woman with disgust. Votes: 0

If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it! Votes: 0

Think of one person who you are tempted for any reason to withhold love from, and pray for their happiness. In that moment your pain will stop. Votes: 0

The Devil, having nothing else to do Went off to tempt my Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private whim, To his extreme annoyance, tempted him. Votes: 0

When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence. Votes: 0

God uses the opposite situation of each fruit to allow us a choice. You can't claim to be good if you have never been tempted to be bad. Votes: 0

I had no intention of forsaking my wedding vows. I had strong morals and never could have imagined going against them. I was never even tempted to stray. Votes: 0

If you ever find yourself tempted to seek out someone else's opinion on a trade, that's usually a sure sign that you should get out of your position. Votes: 0

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss. Votes: 0

When once the woman has tempted us, and we have tasted the forbidden fruit, there is no such thing as checking our appetites, whatever the consequences may be. Votes: 0

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted to commit crime think twice. Votes: 0

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross. Votes: 0

I tell you, I'm half tempted to break into CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon out of CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon. Votes: 0

I used to be too subjective, and I was always tempted to find my inner self in the exterior and dissipate my imagination on other people and on life. Votes: 0

Ihave precious little sympathy for theselfish proprietyof civilized man, and if awarof racesshould occurbetween the wild beasts and Lord Man, I would be tempted to sympathise with the bears. Votes: 0

One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason." Votes: 0

I suppose that one is always tempted to challenge those who think that they and they alone possess the truth or the way or the key to the mystery. Votes: 0

The military superiority of Europe to Asia is not an eternal law of nature, as we are tempted to think, and our superiority in civilization is a mere delusion. Votes: 0

Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps. Votes: 0

Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps." Votes: 0

When asked what I'd be if I weren't a writer, I'm tempted to respond with one of father's favorite phrases, one I despised while growing up: "I hate 'what-ifs.'" Votes: 0

Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid. Votes: 0

Eve didn't choose to eat the apple. She was tempted by the serpent." "Yes," I argue, thoughts coming out half-formed. "But...she didn't have to take a bite. She chose to. Votes: 0

I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could this happen to me? I know I'm being tempted." Votes: 0

The inhibition of an inhibitor leads to the activation of an inhibitor of an inhibitory pathway. This is the point where most people might be tempted to give up on biochemistry! Votes: 0

A medical man likes to make psychological observations, and sometimes in the pursuit of such studies is too easily tempted into momentous prophecy which life and death easily set at nought. Votes: 0

Main Street investors, who cannot trade credit default swaps, should not be tempted to trade an instrument with the same risk profile simply because it has been given a different name. Votes: 0

When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one's books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner. Votes: 0

Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus. Votes: 0

The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man will by the love of money be tempted to forego. Votes: 0

Let no one who has the slightest desire to live in peace and quietness be tempted, under any circumstances, to enter upon the chivalrous task of trying to correct a popular error. Votes: 0

I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by the desire of possession, but simply by unadorned temptation itself. Votes: 0

I think governments will increasingly be tempted to rely on Silicon Valley to solve problems like obesity or climate change because Silicon Valley runs the information infrastructure through which we consume information. Votes: 0

The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips. Votes: 0

There are times when one is tempted to say that the great, sprawling, lethargic sin of Sloth is the oldest and greatest of the sins and the parent of all the rest. Votes: 0

In whatever work environment, whether we admit it or not, there is always a little part of us that has been or will be tempted by a lifestyle for the wrong reasons. Votes: 0

The minute it gets to a runway, you're tempted to do some high jinks. I don't want to show something I won't produce. I want people to wear the clothes I show. Votes: 0

He's earned all his money himself, with his fists. He didn't steal it like the rest of our politicians. And he'll be less tempted to steal if he gets in the chair. Votes: 0

Though a woman tempted man to eat, my dear Longfellow," said Holmes, "you never hear of Eve having to do with his drinking, for he took to that of his own notion. Votes: 0

Ava, will you watch your fucking mouth?' he sighs, but there's relief in his voice. I'm half tempted to tell him to fetch the anti-bacterial solution and spray it in my mouth." Votes: 0

Contrary to what phenomenology- which is always phenomenology of perception- has tried to make us believe, contrary to what our desire cannot fail to be tempted into believing, the thing itself always escapes. Votes: 0

And so could you know it if you would only use the brains the good God has given you. Sometimes I really am tempted to believe that by inadvertence, He passed you by. Votes: 0

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout. Votes: 0

Hearing that the same men who brought us 'South Park' were mounting a musical to be called 'The Book of Mormon,' we were tempted to turn away, as from an inevitable massacre. Votes: 0

When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel had to force herself to keep her vow. Votes: 0

Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average American [should be] content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role. Votes: 0

Maybe because I can't even put together an IKEA desk, I've never been tempted to think of my own poems as built objects - but I do sometimes imagine them as mathematical constructs. Votes: 0

I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I was tempted to say, "On teabags, I used to save them. Votes: 0

A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that. Votes: 0

It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to say that it has to do with the fuzziness it introduces. Votes: 0

I'm coming from journalism, but at the same time I'm tempted by poetry, politics, and maybe the idea of being a witness, a belief that you can still change things with the image. Votes: 0

When Satan tempted Adam, he was disguised as a serpent; when Satan tempted Jesus, he was not disguised. As we approach the End of the Age, Satan will gradually unmask himself. Matthew 24 and Revelation 13 Votes: 0

If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog. Votes: 0

You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children , you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted by a demon or a god . Votes: 0

Be present to those who, living in the midst of a society burdened by poverty and corruption, are broken in spirit, tempted to give up, to leave school and to live on the streets. Votes: 0

I guess my claustrophobia is incurable - feeling, as I tend to, ill at ease in any closed room, and always tempted to find out what is on the other side of the door. Votes: 0

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome. Votes: 0

It's so easy to find someone who would walk around me like a shadow and do everything for me and never be tempted by other men, so obviously I'm not attracted by that type. Votes: 0

If you feel tempted to use a picture of two hands shaking in front of a globe, put the pencil down, step away from the desk, and think about taking a vacation or investigating aromatherapy. Votes: 0

I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose. Votes: 0

The heavy red roses smoldering in the foggy morning, blood-colored and uninhibited, made me greedy, and tempted me powerfully to steal one--I asked the prices merely so I could come as near them as possible. Votes: 0

Look at Jesus Christ. Every time he was in trouble he used the Word of God. When he was tempted he used the Word. When he was suffering on the cross he used the Word. Votes: 0

Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes. Votes: 0

Travel is like adultery: one is always tempted to be unfaithful to one's own country. To have imagination is inevitably to be dissatisfied with where you livein our wanderlust, we are lovers looking for consummation. Votes: 0

Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama. Votes: 0