F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes, Heaven Quotes, Temptation Quotes

He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had wasted earth.

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[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.

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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

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The world can be a challenging and difficult place in which to live. We are often surrounded by that which would drag us down. As you and I go to the holy houses of God, as we remember the covenants we make within, we will be more able to bear every trial and to overcome each temptation. In this sacred sanctuary we will find peace; we will be renewed and fortified.

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Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

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The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation.

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Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, When gold and silver becks me to come on.

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TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.

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We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course.

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A fast to be true must be accompanied by a readiness to receive pure thoughts and determination to resist all Satan's temptations.

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If you spell a word wrong you have some temptation to think it wrong.

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There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn.

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The accumulation of wealth is a process which is of itself morally neutral. True, as Christianity teaches, riches bring temptations. But then so does poverty.

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It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation, To puff and look important and to say:- 'Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you, We will therefore pay you cash to go away.'

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No temptation, no pressure, no enticing can overcome us unless we allow such. If we make the wrong choice, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

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Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

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I deal with temptation by yielding to it.

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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

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Hinduism would not have been much of a religion if Rama had not steeled his heart against every temptation.

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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

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