#tempt

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#doing #falling #tempted #virtue #want

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#attempt #bold #considered #desperate #generally

Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it. ↗

— Bob Parsons

#attempted #because #does #doing #first

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#now #poor #rich #satan #tempts

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt. ↗

— Plutarch

#better #contempt #god #him #only

I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does? ↗

— Alan Rickman

#approach #asked #attempt #decide #does

And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#temptation

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power. ↗

— Charles Simmons

#attempt #backward #determination #go #might

If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#call #city #close #come #contempt

Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#challenge #check #christians #commitment #convenience