#temptation

A relationship is like being in a forest, where snakes lurk awaiting the chance to entice. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

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Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance. ↗

— Sivananda Saraswati

#duty #mind #spirit #temptation #temptation

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful. It has been said that the great events of the world take place in the brain. It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#self-control #temptation #temptation

He's a clever little thing, isn't he?" She leaned in to drop a kiss on the kitten's soft head, reaching to move him off Griffin's chest. He reached for her hand, stopping her. "And what about me?" he asked, his eyes burning into hers. "What about you?" "Am I not clever enough for a kiss?" His voice was gruff. She favored him with a shy smile. "You're more than clever enough, Griffin Channing. ↗

— Michelle Zink

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Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch. ↗

— Robert Orben

#temptation

Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul. ↗

— John Bunyan

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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances. ↗

— Orlando A. Battista

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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed. ↗

— Larry Flynt

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I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career. ↗

— DeForest Kelley

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