Famous Quotes & Sayings

T. S. Eliot

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

John Ruskin

No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of it.

Mason Cooley

Either offer me something I really like, or stop trying to tempt me.

Jim Elliot

Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.

Erwin W. Lutzer

We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better.

Erwin W. Lutzer

Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle.

Erwin W. Lutzer

Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.

Ezra Taft Benson

The moment you begin a serious study of the scriptures, you will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the straight and narrow path.... When you begin to hunger & thirst after those words, you will find life in greater abundance.

Fulton J. Sheen

Temptation is not a sin but playing with temptation invites sin.

Randy Cornwell

Sager is kind of deceptive. He's got good feet, picks his holes well and is a good hitter. Morse is a kid who hits you hard.

Rig Veda

You are the embodiment of truth itself because you are devoid of deception and treachery.

Ann Druyan

The only gratification that science denies to us is deception.

Andrew Bird

Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. Theyre all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. Theyre tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.

Richard Serra

If your educe sculpture to the flat plane of the temporal experience of the work. (...) the experience of the work is inseparable from the place in which the work resides. Apart from that condition, any experience of the work is a deception.

Erin Hunter

Lives begun in deception are always lived in shadow." (Stated by Yellowfang, page 3)

Ezra Taft Benson

One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom and limit happiness.

C. S. Lewis

Not to be, but to seem, virtuous - it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery.

Kevin Hall

That was a deception of the voters, ... Voters were promised widening of 99 and improved interchanges on 99, 41 and 180. And what they got, primarily, was 168.

Atharva Veda

The Saint has shown me the Path of God; slave Nanak has implanted devotional worship and the Praise of the Lord.

Bob Djurdjevic

The way I would characterize what I saw today is, they're on a slow path of improvement. It's not a sprint.

Baha'u'llah

Peace be upon him who follows the Straight Path!

Juvenal

The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue. [Lat., Semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.]

Demi Lovato

You really need to be careful of who you hang out with and who you listen to. They can lead you down the wrong path.

Brie Larson

Surrounding myself with women of different backgrounds and on different paths and in different stages of their lives has become so valuable to me.

Antonio Porchia

And if you find everything as soon as you look for it, you find it in vain, you look for it in vain.

Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton's policies unleashed ISIS, spread terrorism and put Iran on a path to nuclear weapons.

Andy Hertzfeld

Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.