“ It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution. Anthony Trollope
“ Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break… Charlotte Bronte
“ I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to… John Polkinghorne
“ The final aim of any temptation is to bring a person back into the kingdom of darkness. Sunday Adelaja
“ She reminded him of September blackberries, which looked ripe but could just as easily be sour as sweet when you ate them. Tracy Chevalier
“ When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask e… Oswald Chambers
“ . . is it better to throw yourself head first and laughing into the holy rage calling your name? Donna Tartt
“ Temptation is the feeling we get when encountered by an opportunity to do what we innately know we shouldn't. Steve Maraboli
“ She was a desperate woman with frailties just like her, temptations just like her, a woman who had needs, a woman who loved almost to the point of there being no more her anymore, a woman who probably… Susan Vreeland
“ In answer to modern requests for signs and wonders, Our Lord might say, 'You repeat Satan's temptation, whenever you admire the wonders of science, and forget that I am the Author of the Universe and… Fulton J. Sheen
“ You taste like the last drop of whiskeyat 3 amafter a lousy daylike the first gulp of coffee on a Monday sipped behind a deskhot and bitterlike the burning at the back of the throatafter the first cig… Malak El Halabi
