Temptation Quotes
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Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
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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.
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They wanted me to do movies and television when I was very young, and it was a big temptation, but I really thought the only way I could learn the profession was on the stage.
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Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell.
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The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable, eagerly welcomed, and readily salable designs.
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Human character is never found 'to enter into its glory,' except through the ordeal of affliction. Its force cannot come forth without the offer of resistance, nor can the grandeur of its free will declare itself, except in the battle of fierce temptation.
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These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.
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People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.
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You need to gain the confidence that you're doing enough on film. You must resist the temptation to do too much.
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A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words
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No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes.
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For they who think they make an end of temptation by yeilding to it, only set themselves on fire the more.
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Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world.
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Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature.
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Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction.
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The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.
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Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation.
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'Honey, I'm Good' is a song about temptation, and we wanted to show what is possible if you can beat it.
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I am human because God made me. I experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow Satan. God is reaching out to me to rescue me. I am learning to trust Him, learning to live by His precepts that I might be preserved.
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We are creatures of imitation. We find it hard to resist the temptation to do that which we see others doing.
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O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!
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A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were.
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Temptation has been here ever since the Garden of Eden.
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There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.
