Keyword: Temptation

Always yield to temptation, because it may not pass your way again.

Temptation: Something which, when resisted, gives happiness and which, when yielded to, gives even greater happiness.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

The trouble with resisting temptation is it may never come your way again.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Do not worry about avoiding temptation; as you grow older it will avoid you.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

Lead me not into temptation – I can find the way myself.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter

Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.

American free-lance writer

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Opportunity only knocks once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.

(1949 – ) English-born Australian musician, writer, actor, composer & record producer

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

Always yield to temptation, because it may not pass your way again.

There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Abstainer: A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Don't tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values – and witnesses.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

The trouble with resisting temptation is it may never come your way again.

I can resist everything except temptation.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet