490 Quotes About Temptation

Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.

Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.

Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you.

Beauty is an illusion that eyes see and mind discerns—aserpent that looks charming but stings hard— a witchthat tempts and damns.

Even paradise had its serpent.

I simply have no business being in love and playing around with a girl, however innocently.... After all I am supposed to be a monk with a vow of chastity and though I have kept my vow—I wonder if I can keep it indefinitely and still play this gorgeous game!

The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have them strike with truthful, hurtful words.

Meera elaborated, “What we consistently create, we ultimately become. If we succumb to temptations often, lust becomes our nature. If we give rise to greed, gluttony becomes our nature. If we beget envy, hatred becomes our nature. You need to be strong