Temptation Quotes

But for temptation, we would not be here reading about temptation today.

This is my favorite temptation quote from the bible:
“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.”

“We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.”
~Eduardo Galeano

“I have a simple principle for the conduct of life – never to resist an adequate temptation.”
~ Max Lerner

“By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.”
~ Oscar Wilde Temptation Quotes

“We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.”
~Eduardo Galeano

“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.”
~Oscar Wilde

“The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.”
~T.S. Eliot

“Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it”
~W. Somerset Maugham

“Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.”
~Joey Adams

“I deal with temptation by yielding to it”
~Mark Twain Temptation Quotes

“Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.”
~William Butler Yeats

“Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.”
~Frederick William Faber

“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

“Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.”
~ W. M. Taylor

“Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.”
~ William Shakespeare Temptation Quotes

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it”
~ Mae West Temptation Quotes