#temptation

By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#been #close #doors #large #resist

We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want. ↗

— Don Mattingly

#comes #decisions #drivers #out #temptation

It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. ↗

— George Muller

#enjoy #enjoyment #give #gone #make

We must resist the temptation of once again turning America into the traditional bogeyman of the left. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

#america #into #left #must #once

It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#clean #comedians #decided #decision #early

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. ↗

— George Orwell

#aspire #beings #felt #genuinely #human

Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction. ↗

— John Owen

#destruction #either #exercise #food #his

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge. ↗

— Gerald Jampolsky

#able #am #forgive #forgiveness #i

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#shows #temptation #us #usually #who

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#become #days #great #many #sports