Quotes About Temptation

I have the capacity of being more wicked than any example that man could set me.

I am sure I ought not to be, but I have great reason to tremble lest Satan and my own wicked heart get the better of me. It is no easy matter to fight such enemies as these, but with Christ strengthening me, I know I shall come off more than a conquerer.

I prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

I'm one of the few people who really like Eyes Wide Shut.

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.

You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.

I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.

I think it's important never to look yourself up on Wikipedia. I think the temptation to correct any interesting factual errors would be too much.

Always gotta keep busy or the voices start telling me to do wild things.

Sometimes my brain is saying, 'Go wild on food,' and I'll want to pig out, but I'll tell myself, 'No.' You either want to win or you don't.

There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But that's not how I want to do things anymore. I'm thinking about how can I trust God more. How can I surrender more? How can I bring him more glory? It's a fight. But it's one I'm going to keep fighting.

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.

Those who operate through the Holy Spirit are more equipped to resist temptation.

There's always the temptation, as a cinematographer, to make the shot look as perfect as possible.

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

Obedience brings peace in decision making. If we have firmly made up our minds to follow the commandments, we will not have to redecide which path to take when temptation comes our way.

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

Everyone deals with temptation. It's just there.

There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.

Football made me want to train and stay disciplined. It kept me away from things like drugs. Young people are faced with the temptation to stray all the time.

You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.