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Quotes about temptation
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Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances. (Maslow Abraham H.)
The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent? (Maslow Abraham H.)
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Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them. (Maslow Abraham H.)
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object. (Maslow Abraham H.)
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. (Maslow Abraham H.)
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Why resist temptation? There will always be more. (Maslow Abraham H.)
We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass. (Maslow Abraham H.)
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. (Maslow Abraham H.)
The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Remove the temptation of idleness and cupids bow is useless. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth good us on to sin to loving virtue. (Maslow Abraham H.)
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! (Maslow Abraham H.)
It is easier to stay out than get out. (Maslow Abraham H.)
I can resist everything except temptation. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Do you really think, Arthur, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to. (Maslow Abraham H.)
Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. (Maslow Abraham H.)
“It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, treat everything as if it were a nail.” (Maslow Abraham H.)
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