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temptation
«Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses.»
Author: Franklin P. Jones
(Businessman)
| Keywords:
bringing, bringing up, proper, resist, sound, temptation, values, witnesses, witnessing
«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»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
| Keywords:
aspire, felt, genuinely, human beings, probable, sainthood, saints, temptation
«For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.»
Author: John Wooden
| Keywords:
athlete, definite, for all intents and purposes, function, intent, intents, properly, resist, something else, temptation, to all intents and purposes
«I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Funny
| Keywords:
found, resist, tempt, temptation
«Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Marriage
| Keywords:
combines, maximum, More popular than, popular, popular with, temptation
«I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it»
Author: Mae West
(Actress)
| About:
Self-control,
Temptation,
Willpower
| Keywords:
generally, resist, temptation
«I deal with temptation by yielding to it»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Temptation
| Keywords:
deal, temptation, to it, yielding, yield up
