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Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances. -- Orlando Aloysius Battista
I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations. -- Brett Davern
The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them. -- Otis Williams
With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo stuff. I just loved it. -- Jordin Sparks
Temptations discover what you are. -- Thomas a Kempis
I have no problem not listening to the Temptations. -- Mitch Hedberg
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. -- Margaret Oliphant
Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength. -- Margaret of Valois
Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse. -- Robert Herrick
Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence. -- Francois Fenelon
Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before. -- John Owen
As far as R&B, I listen to a lot of old school like the Temptations and Chris Brown. -- Jacob Latimore
Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall. -- Jeremiah Burroughs
I always loved Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were like the precursors of the Temptations. I loved their music. -- Bobby Keys
Temptations make one very censorious. If you are virtuous you condemn the wicked and if you are wicked, you condemn the virtuous. -- Elizabeth Bibesco
Temptations in the life of faith are not accidents; each temptation is part of a plan, a step in the progress of faith. -- Oswald Chambers
Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes. -- Stephanie Mills
Temptations are enemies outside the castle seeking entrance. If there be no false retainer within who holds treacherous parley, there can scarcely be even an offer. -- Henry Ward Beecher
Being as it was one of my dreams to sing with one of the world's greatest groups, for me to join 'The Temptations' was a great blessing. -- Ali-Ollie Woodson
Temptations are like tramps. Treat them kindly, and they will return bringing others with them. Temptations are never so dangerous as when they come to us in a religious garb. -- Dwight L. Moody
Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair. -- Martin Luther
My first film was with Cuba Gooding Jr, 'The Fighting Temptations,' and I had a little part here and there on little shows as guest stars. And I've taken acting classes. -- NeNe Leakes
My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage. -- Bruno Mars
Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them. -- John Bunyan
I had the great opportunity to work with some of the greatest artists - the Beach Boys, the Temptations, the Four Tops. Otis Redding. Wilson Pickett. Stevie Wonder. So many great singers. And don't forget Clarence Carter! -- Percy Sledge
I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few. -- Tamara Tunie
I could go old-school; I listen to a lot of old-school music, like Teddy Pendergrass, the Temptations, people like that. I'm an old-school dude, and I'm vibin' with stuff like that to clear my mind. I like listening to that old-school music. -- Ace Hood
Temptations are part of life, part of growing up. We grapple with them often - in some instances for our lifetime - before we come to realize that it is not so much the victory as it is the struggle that is holy. -- Joan D. Chittister
Temptations are as thick as the leaves of the forest, and no one can be out of the reach of temptation unless he is dead. The great thing is to make people intelligent enough and strong enough, not to keep away from temptation, but to resist it. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
Temptations come on some people for the cleansing of previous sins, on other for the beautification of their current perfection, and on yet others, as preparation for things to come, except temptations, which are for the increase of a man's faith and virtue, as it was with Job. -- Maximus the Confessor
I think the most-played record in our house was the 'Big Chill' Soundtrack - so Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Otis Redding. I think that's where I got my love for a good hook, a good soul hook - really smooth and warm and from the heart. -- Chet Faker
Some black people want to get in touch with their African roots. But then you got some black people that just don't give a damn. You tell them, 'Hey, I just got back from the motherland.' "They're like, 'Where'd you go - Detroit? Did you see The Temptations?' -- Wanda Sykes
You know what, life is full of temptations. -- Smokey Robinson
Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. -- Oscar Wilde
It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. -- Walter Bagehot
As the world's getting filled with temptations, we're getting a bit frivolous and a bit fickle. -- Freida Pinto
The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations. -- John Wycliffe
Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. -- Peter Singer
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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
The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society. -- William Falconer
You retire, but you're still aching to play. But in order to play, you have to resist certain temptations, and train hard. And I just didn't have the desire to do that any more. -- Eric Cantona
In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue. -- Johann Arndt
This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different gifts, different temptations. These differences are tremendously important in the spiritual formation of human beings. -- John Ortberg
We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond. Many struggles come as problems and pressures that sometimes cause pain. Others come as temptations, trials, and tribulations. -- L. Lionel Kendrick
Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage. -- Laura Schlessinger
You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed. -- Larry Flynt
He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out or has some gift of some kind. He goes on a journey of discovery and part of that is falling into darkness - the temptations of life. -- Robert Redford
I know that each of us has much to do. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the tasks we face. But if we keep our priorities in order, we can accomplish all that we should. We can endure to the end regardless of temptations, problems, and challenges. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between parties, and sell the rights, and violate the liberties of the people. Jurors, on the other hand, are exposed to none of these temptations. -- Lysander Spooner
God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we walk in and out of those temptations, struggling with both the physical effects that they bring and the moral effects that they bring, more of God's glory will shine. -- John Piper
As far as favorite 'overall package' record of all time, I'd have to say 'My Girl' by The Temptations. I like everything about it, not only the composition - but the arrangement, the production, the lead vocals, the background vocals, the horns, the strings. That one I listen to over and over again. -- Paul Shaffer
Our Heavenly Father loves us. He sent His Only Begotten Son to be our Savior. He knew that in mortality we would be in grave danger, the worst of it from the temptations of a terrible adversary. That is one of the reasons why the Savior has provided priesthood keys so that those with ears to hear and faith to obey could go to places of safety. -- Henry B. Eyring
Resisted temptations become lost opportunities ... -- Margaret Ayer Barnes
Honesty: The ability to resist small temptations. -- John Ciardi
You know what, life is full of temptations -- Smokey Robinson
My temptations have been my Masters of Divinity. -- Martin Luther
If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us! -- Neal A. Maxwell
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations. -- Bernard of Clairvaux
Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. -- George Eliot
Greater than the temptations of beauty are those of method. -- James Richardson
Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist -- John Lubbock
I resist my temptations in order to feel i am free. -- Mike Gayle
When temptations march monotonously in regiments, one waits for to pass. -- Frank Moore Colby
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear. -- Boyd K. Packer
God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender. -- Walter Annenberg
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle -- Charles Spurgeon
As your temptations become greater, so does your ability to make responsible choices. -- Gary Zukav
Without prayer it is impossible to resist temptations and to keep the commandments. -- Alphonsus Liguori
The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature. -- Matthew Simpson
Mature people must find their own ways to cope with their own temptations. -- Amy Dickinson
There are some temptations which are so strong that they must be virtues. -- Charles Baudelaire
I have known the spirit of my soul through the trials and temptations. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Some temptations are so great it takes great courage to yield to them. -- Oscar Wilde
Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them -- A.J. Cronin
In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian. -- Vikram Seth
Many of us suffer from temptations from which we have no business to suffer. -- Oswald Chambers
To a lover of books the shops and sales in London present irresistible temptations. -- Edward Gibbon
Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations! -- Elizabeth Bishop
Every Christian is endued with a power whereby he is enabled to resist temptations. -- John Tillotson
It is not the great temptations that ruin us; it is the little ones. -- John William De Forest
The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan. -- Arthur Koestler
What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them? -- P. G. Wodehouse
Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect. -- Ovid
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures. -- John Bunyan
All our afflictions, all our temptations are to make heaven more desirable, and earth more loathsome. -- George Whitefield
I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet. -- Isaac Watts
As the worlds getting filled with temptations, were getting a bit frivolous and a bit fickle. -- Freida Pinto
Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself. -- Henry Ward Beecher
It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts. -- Billy Graham
We are all afflicted by original sin; people succumbing to temptations to do and to be. -- Desmond Tutu
If any era should be aware of the temptations to rewrite history, it is our own. -- Marjorie Garber
We must get over wanting to be needed-this is the hardest of all temptations to resist -- C. S. Lewis
The two great words of antiquity are behold and beware. Behold the possibilities and beware the temptations. -- Jim Rohn
Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable. -- Leonid Shamkovich
The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind. -- Boyd K. Packer
If you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor? -- William Makepeace Thackeray
Flee idleness... for no one is more exposed to such temptations than he who has nothing to do. -- Robert Bellarmine
It is a cheap zeal that reserves its passions to combat only the sins and temptations of others. -- D. A. Carson
Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world. -- Nicolas Chamfort
Women are not thousands of temptations to hell. They are thousands of reminders of the beauty of heaven. -- Jason Evert
If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations! -- John Vianney
Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons. -- Thomas a Kempis
What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations. -- Calvin Coolidge
What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged. -- Steve Lacy
Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven. -- Pio of Pietrelcina
Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money. -- William Jennings Bryan
There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued. -- Albert Pike
The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems. -- Lee H. Hamilton
Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of integrity. -- Alexander Crummell
In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. -- Robert Herrick
As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven's children, Satan's temptations lose power in your life. -- Richard G. Scott
Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid. -- Rutherford B. Hayes
Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely. -- Marcus Eremita
A total commitment to anxiously serve the Lord and others is the surest way to overcome temptations of the adversary. -- James M. Paramore
I sell dreams, small comforts, sweet harmless temptations to bring down a multitude of saints crashing among the hazels and nougatines -- Joanne Harris
From the cradle to the grave, temptations all around. But no matter how good the fix, its gonna take you down. -- Keith Urban
By understanding the nuances of the world around you and how to survive the temptations, you can rule anything. Even yourself -- Sherrilyn Kenyon

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