Temptation

Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances. – Orlando A. Battista

He who is not tempted, what does he know? And he who is not tried, what are the things he knows? Ecclesiasticus – Bible

How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy Word. Thy Word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee. Psalms 119:9-11 – Bible

The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once. – Francis H. Bradley

Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent? – Basil Bunting

Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them. – John Bunyan

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. – Frederick W. Faber

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. – Eduardo Galeano

Why resist temptation? There will always be more. – Don Herold

You oughtnt to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd. – Anthony Hope

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass. – Samuel Johnson

Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your better senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor for the empty promise that wealth or power would bring fulfillment and their dignity, good name and self-esteem for the passing pleasures of sex and drugs. – Michael Josephson

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. – Thomas Kempis

The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure. – Joseph De Maistre

Temptation is a womans weapon and mans excuse. – H. L. Mencken

Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess. – John Milton

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. – Margaret Oliphant