(232 quotes found)
“Traders and investors alike both succumbed to the temptation to take profits in a variety of commodities that have made big price gains.”
David Thurtell
“Temptation and curiosity are rational until irrationally acted upon.”
Jennifer Keating
“Both sides succumbed to the temptation to attribute to oneself only glory and to accuse one's political rival of all sins, both unintentional and fictitious,”
Leonid Kuchma
“Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty, (or libertinism.)”
Benjamin Franklin
“If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.”
Larry McMurtry
“Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt. Prayer makes it weaker.”
Toba Beta
“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Just as there is no courage without fear; there is no grace without sin, no strength of character without temptation, no faith without doubt.”
E.R. Rock
“There is a temptation to take advantage. Just like any other aspect of society, there are the good (music users) and the bad. There are those who comply and those who resist.”
Laurence Godfrey
“Feeling so rush to be proficient is a common temptation for newbies.”
