There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
I resist the temptation to curate my apartment.
Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
There has always been discouragement, negativism, and temptation in the world because of Lucifer.
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.
Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses.
Temptation has been here ever since the Garden of Eden.
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.
Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.
Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
There is a famous musician, Peter Gabriel, who has used my voice in the movie, 'The Last Temptation of Christ.' He used my song in the background.
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.
We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to struggle with temptation or resist the urge to give in to our baser natures.