#tempt

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. ↗

— William Carey

#expect #god #great #great things #things

The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#problems #temptation #temptation

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold. ↗

— Stephen Cohen

#became #began #both #carry #cold

Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America. ↗

— Robert Crumb

#adult life #america #contempt #had #i

Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy. ↗

— Mike DeWine

#before #broad #case #judges #need

An appeal is when you ask one court to show it's contempt for another court. ↗

— Finley Peter Dunne

#appeal #ask #contempt #court #show

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale. ↗

— Will Durst

#anxiety #back #comedy #contempt #creep

There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#again #attempt #basic #capable #grasp

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss. ↗

— Abba Eban

#governments #impulsive #into #lest #me

Because we spoke so loudly, opponents of reproductive health access demonized and smeared me and others on the public airwaves. These smears are obvious attempts to distract from meaningful policy discussions and to silence women's voices regarding their own health care. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

#airwaves #attempts #because #care #discussions