TEMPTATION
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“Again, the Devil took him along to an unusually high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms in the world and their glory. And he said to him: “All these things I will give to you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me.”” – Satan the devil to Jesus Christ – Writer Matthew – Matt. 4: 8, 9 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
The only way to resist temptation is to yield to it. I can resist everything except temptation. – Oscar Wilde
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. – Bob Dylan
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. – Mae West
Happiness is a good cigar, a good meal, and a good woman—or a bad woman. It depends on how much happiness you can handle. – George Burns
Every conquering temptation brings on a new fund of temptation. Every trial, weathered and endured in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. – William Butler Yeats
Love is a law. Desire is a snare. – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
Most people want to be delivered from temptation, but would like it to keep in touch. – Robert Orien
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man without trial. – Confucius
I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex and rich food. He was perfectly healthy right up to the time he killed himself. – Johnny Carson
Character is who we are in the dark. – Dwight L. Moody
For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it’s time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward. – Erma Bombeck
I did not have sex with that woman! – Bill Clinton
No change of circumstance can change a defect in character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only way you can control how you are seen is by being honest all the time. –Tom Hanks
The devil made me do it! – Flip Wilson
You must learn if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclination 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
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But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire. Then the desire, when it becomes fertile, gives birth to sin; in turn sin, when it has been carried out, brings forth death? – Disciple James (Half-brother of Jesus) – James 1:14, 15 - HOLY SCRIPTURES
Don’t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you. – Joey Adams
Temptation, unlike opportunity, will always give you many second choices. – Orlando A. Battista
When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad, I’m better. – Mae West
Being a newspaper columnist is like being married to a nymphomaniac—it’s great for the first two weeks. – Lewis Grizzard
Watch your thoughts, they become words. – Laozi (Lao Tzu)
I hope we get credit for all the times we resisted temptation. – Gary Pulliam
Guilt—the gift that keeps on giving. – Erma Bombeck
The cure for boredom is curiosity—there is no cure for curiosity. – Dorothy Parker
Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent? – Basil Bunting
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. – Horace Mann
Character is what you are in the dark. – Dwight Moody
If you lie down with dogs, you’ll get up with fleas. – Katherine Hepburn
Temptation is a woman’s weapon and a man’s excuse. – H. L. Mencken
We love to ignore the boundaries which we do not wish to pass. – Samuel Johnson
We usually know what we can do., but temptation shows us who we are. – Thomas a Kempis
Is the arousal of desires wrong? Even legitimate desires of whatever nature, are sometimes difficult to satisfy. For example, if one of your favorite foods is unavailable, you will probably not feel content if you constantly stare at pictures of it in magazines or books. Likewise, a smoker trying to kick the habit will not increase his chances of doing so by spending time longingly watching other people smoke. This only leads to frustration. – Viewpoint – Gary Pulliam
A man is only as old as the woman he feels. – Groucho Marx
It’s easier to stay out than get out. – Mark Twain
The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs. – Voltaire
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“But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent seduced Eve by its cunning, your minds might be corrupted away from the sincerity and the chastity that are due the Christ.” – Apostle Paul – 1 Cor. 11:3 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
Remove the temptation of idelness and Cupid’s bow is useless. – Ovid
Lead us not into temptation: just tell us where it is, we’ll find it. – Sam Levenson
Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor to the empty promises that wealth or poems would bring to the fulfillment of their dignity, good name and self-esteem for the passing pleasures of sex and drugs. – Michael Josephson
Sex is the thing that takes the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble. – John Barrymore.
I like restraint, if it doesn’t go too far. – Mae West
Pornography tells lies about women. But pornography tells the truth about men. – John Stoltenberg
As long as the house of the Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals, the reputation of the church will remain in ruins. – Sinead O’Connor
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body. – H. L. Mencken
Below the naval is neither religion nor truth. – Italian Proverb
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. – Eduardo Galeano
Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. – Oscar Wilde
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. – Rita Mae Brown
I desire to go to Hell, not to Heaven. In Hell I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, but in Heaven are only beggars, hermits, monks and apostles. – Niccolo Machiavelli
Isn’t celibacy a standard of trust for the opportunity not to resist temptation? – Gary Pulliam
Every moment of resistanceto temptation is a victory. – Frederick W. Faber
Be good and you will be lonesome. – Mark Twain
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. – Warren Buffett.
Do not believe those persons who say they’ve never been jealous. What they mean is they have never been in love. – Gerald Brenan – THOUGHTS IN A DRY SEASON
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“And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one.” – Jesus Christ – Matt. 6:13 – Apostle Matthew – The HOLY SCRIPTURES
If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes again. – Tallulah Bankhead
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. – George Bernard Shaw
“Bill’s thirty-two. He looks thirty-two. He looked it five years ago. He’ll look it twenty years from now. I hate men!” – Margo Channing (Bette Davis) to Karen (Celeste Holm.) -- ALL ABOUT EVE – Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay) – 1950
On stage I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone. – Janis Joplin
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason. - T. S. Elliot
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. - Mark Twain
Obedience brings peace in decision making. If we firmly made up our minds to follow the commandments, we will not have to redecide which path to take when temptation comes our way. - James E. Faust
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality. - James A. Michener
I had a huge advantage when I started out 50 years ago—my job was secure. I didn’t have to promote myself. These days there’s far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won’t be lost. - David Attenborough
We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation. - William Hazlitt
These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes. - Jim Sensenbrenner
