“ Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul. John Bunyan
“ All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. Henry Ward Beecher
“ Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down Edith Wharton
“ Never give in never give in never never never never - in nothing great or small large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill
“ The shoes themselves were light green, with lowish heels (which were very important for comfort and walking; high heels were always a temptation, but, like all temptations, one paid for them later). Alexander McCall Smith
“ Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified? Chuck Palahniuk
“ When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space beyond the reach of other desires. No-one can legislate love; it cannot be given orders or cajoled into service. Love belongs to itself, d… Jeanette Winterson
“ The very good people did not convince me; I felt they'd never been tempted. But you knew; you understood; you felt the world outside tugging at one with all its golden hands - and you hated the things… Edith Wharton
“ I have a simple principle for the conduct of life - never to resist an adequate temptation. Max Lerner
“ After listening to thousands of pleas for pardon to offenders I can hardly recall a case where I did not feel that I might have fallen as my fellow man had done if I had been subjected to the same d… Horatio Seymour
“ Sure, they only had ten days to stop the giants from waking Gaia. Sure, he could die before dinnertime. But he loved being told that something was impossible. It was like someone handing him a lemon m… Rick Riordan
“ Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred. W. M. Taylor
“ The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made… Oscar Wilde
“ But a good wife—a good unworldly woman—may really help a man, and keep him more independent. George Eliot
“ A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation af… C.S. Lewis
“ The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. Oscar Wilde
“ It is an old story, that men sell themselves to the tempter, and sign a bond with their blood, because it is only to take effect at a distant day; then rush on to snatch the cup their souls thirst aft… George Eliot
