Quotes About Temptation

But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved.

In times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace and of blessing, let us pray always, both alone and with our families.

Selfish act is very tempting but it leaves a permanent dent on your character.

The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

But a desperate heart will seduce the mind.

How can you qualify the difference between a sin and a lie.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby becomes a monster.

Beauty has its own vices.

You play with ice - you get cold.You play with fire - you get burnt.you play with me - you get lucky.

We are all capable of becoming something monstrous.

Don't work in a restaurant if you can't control your hunger for food.

Our minds control us with desires and fears.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

All the seven deadly sins are peccadilloes but without three of them, Pride, Lust, and Sloth, poetry might never have been born.

That's not a run in your stocking, it's a hand on your leg.

Poetry is the Devil's wine.

Gotta get a tight grip, don't slip, loose lips, sank ships, it's a trip, I love the way she licks her lips.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

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

Pushers don't pay taxes.

There is a temptation in politics to look for simplistic slogans and to play the game in a way that looks like you're a savvy politician.

Put temptation on the unenjoyment line.

Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world.