Quotes About Temptation

O brethren! It is easier to chide at sin, than to overcome it.

The devil hath his gunpowder plots, and mines, which may blow you up before you are aware. Not

Even innocent Adam is liker to forget God in a paradise, than Joseph in a prison, or Job upon a dunghill(376)[.]

The strongest Christian is unsafe among occasions to sin (519).

The sweetest poison doth often bring the surest death (645).

It is difficult to talk with God each day and continue to sin.

Baron Rothschild quipped that there are "three principal ways to lose your money: wine, women, and engineers. While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far more certain.

There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever since that night in Dover prison I have never been tempted to break my vow.. My Parents always drummed into me that all you have life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name you'll never be happy.

I wrote on the envelope that it was not to be opened until the following day but then gave it to a boy who I knew was far too nosy not to open it immediately.

Dominance can be a tempration to division. "There are so many of us, we can afford to fight amongst ourselves.

All those fair and flagrant things.

The power of knowing the future could corrupt even the most noble heart. - Marcus Bennett

It's hard knowing that one bag of heroin, one mile away, would help me forget it all.

You're only good if you can do bad and decide not to.

There are powerful emotions that bring two people together in wonderful harmony in a marriage. Satan knows this, and would tempt you to try these emotions outside of marriage. Do not stir emotions meant to be used only in marriage.

Think of the long view of life, not just what's going to happen today or tomorrow. Don't give up what you most want in life for something you think you want now.

I share a warning. Satan is extremely good at blocking spiritual communication by inducing individuals, through temptation, to violate the laws upon which spiritual communication is founded. With some, he is able to convince them that they are not able to receive such guidance from the Lord.

If you are ever tempted to experiment with the alluring offerings of Lucifer first calmly analyze the inevitable consequences of such choices and your life will not be shattered. You cannot ever sample those things that are forbidden of God as destructive of happiness and corrosive to spiritual guidance without tragic results.

You cannot be passive in life, or in time the natural man will undermine your efforts to live worthily. You become what you do and what you think about. Lack of character leads one under pressure to satisfy appetite or seek personal gain. You cannot successfully bolster a weak character with the cloak of pretense.

Large plates and large packages mean more eating; they are a form of choice architecture, and they work as major nudges. (Hint: if you would like to lose weight, get smaller plates, buy little packages of what you like, and don't keep tempting food in the refrigerator.)

Many smokers, drinkers, and overeaters are willing to pay third parties to help them make better decisions.

Econs do not suffer from self-control problems, and so temptation is not a word that exists in the economists' lexicon. As a result, most of the world's regulators have not thought much about the problem. But when the dessert cart comes by, we humans often cave. The next thing we know we are fat.

But if it is crazy to turn down the 100 bets, the logic of Samuelson's argument is just reversed; you should not turn down one! Shlomo and I called this phenomenon "myopic loss aversion". The only way you can ever take 100 attractive bets is by first taking the first one, and it is only thinking about the bet in isolation that fools you into turning it down.

For most of us, however, self-control issues arise because we underestimate the effect of arousal.