Temptation Quotes
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Good habits result from resisting temptation
Proverb
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When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
Gerald Jampolsky
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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
Bible
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I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
George Shaw
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I deal with temptation by yielding to it
Mark Twain
Subject: Temptation QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
William Shakespeare
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By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.
Oscar Wilde
Keywords: by :: converts :: himself :: into :: man :: permanent :: persistently :: public :: remaining :: single :: temptationOccasion: Bachelor Party Quotes :: T-Shirt QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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I can resist anything but temptation.
Oscar Wilde
Subject: Temptation QuotesSource: quotationspage.com
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.
Oscar Wilde
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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
William Butler Yeats
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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
T.S. Eliot
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can`t resist it
Mae West
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[On his role in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)]: "To this day, I can`t believe I was so brazen to think I could pull off the Jesus role."
Willem Dafoe
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can`t resist it.
Mae West
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(On The Da Vinci Code) I`d love to make a movie that shakes the world and offends people, but I really. Didn`t think it was going to be this one. I think next to The Last Temptation of Christ it`s Tonka Toys. Nobody seemed to get offended by Martin Scorse...
Paul Bettany
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I prefer my character over all the others. I really think I have the best character. Of course, he`s a lot like me. He is the tyrant of the family, which I am, and, yep, he succumbs to temptation very easily. Edmund is the black sheep of the family, alway...
Skandar Keynes
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Temptation is impossible for me to resist...Come on. This is Hollywood. It`s in the job description.
Tom Sizemore
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I believe in a higher power. I`ve studied Eastern philosophies, and I`ve studied the Koran. We`ve devalued everything worth believing in. Now we`re tearing into religion. A line should be drawn. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and The Da Vinci Code (...
Patrick Swayze
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[on working with Bette Davis on the TV movie "Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter"] When they offered that part opposite her, I didn`t want to do it. I thought, what if all my illusions were broken? But I couldn`t resist the temptation. She`s no...
Gena Rowlands
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You oughtn`t to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
Anthony Hope
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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn`t resolve the question of whether it`s true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, `Well, there`s a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it`. And that re...
Andre Nel
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When one cannot appraise out of one`s own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.
Alyssa Fressle
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When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
Alex Poulos
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We`re all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
Smokey Robinson
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We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
Andrew Ciferri
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We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered to-day? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
Alton Greene
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Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.
Amanda Cunningham
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These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.
Alice Hoglan
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The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.
Andy Been
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