Tom Wilson Quotes

Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

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

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

It's not easy not to play.

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

We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

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

My whole life, I've been a Temptation.

Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency.

Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

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

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.