Albert Camus Quotes

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.

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

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

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

It's not easy not to play.

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

Remove all the junk from one's house. Then one doesn't have to deal with the temptation. If you get hungry enough, you will eat that apple.

The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy.

Put temptation on the unenjoyment line.

Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.

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

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

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

If you want something, have it. If you feel like it's forbidden, you'll want it even more. Whenever I have a craving, I go and have it and just make sure I don't have it again the next day.

I hate exercising self-control.

Temptation to behave is terrible.

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.

Just being aware of what you are about to do greatly diminishes the tendency to do what you don't want to. You will pull your hand back from that pizza slice, tell the waitress that you are passing on dessert, put on your gym shoes instead of going under the comforter, and take several deep breaths instead of screaming at your daughter.

I can resist everything except temptation.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion.