Here are some inspirational quotes on temptations or rather avoiding temptation and self control to resist temptation. We are all inherently good and strong, but the temptations ge the better of us and are often stronger that we give in to it and do things that we regret and do things that will stop us from being successful. But then it is in our genes. Men have always found it difficult to resist temptation, and so have women.
Here are some inspirational quotes that will save you from temptations if you tried, harder.
Don’t seek temptations:
“Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. ”
~Alyce Robertson
“The most important lesson I`ve learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did. ”
~Penelope Cruz
“There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friend… ”
~Boris Yeltsin
“What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged.”
~ Steve Lacy
“What can you ever really know of other people`s souls – of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole creation you do know: and it is the only one whose fate is placed in your hands.”
~ C.S. Lewis on temptations
“The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature.”
~Matthew Simpson
“The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy’s temptations.”
~John Wycliffe
“God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.”
~Walter Annenberg
“Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.”
~Oscar Wilde
“A good poor man is better than a good rich man because he has to resist more temptations. ”
~ R. W. Livingstone
“The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God.”
~ Neil Anderson
“Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.”
~ W. Somerset Maugham
“Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.”
~Robert Orben