Gary Zukav Quotes

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

No temptation, no pressure, no enticing can overcome us unless we allow such. If we make the wrong choice, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

No magic formula can completely prepare us for crises in life. However, each choice we make now will impact how we handle those crises in the future. Make your choice count. Dedicate time each day to developing your character. If you do, courage will be there when you need it most.

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

If we didn't have to stand against temptation, we'd never know our own spiritual strength.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of wrongdoing.

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

The key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power.

I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world.

Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that 'a quiet conscience makes one strong!'

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

I struggle just like everybody else struggles. It's always a struggle in life to overcome temptation. I just try and get through it. No one is perfect.

Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this.

Develop discipline of self so that you do not have to decide and re-decide what you will do when you are confronted with the same temptation time and time again. You need only decide some things once.