Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

I know the struggle - trust me. I know how hard it is for us to say 'no' to a lot of things that get offered.

It's not easy not to play.

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.

How easy for those who do not bulge to not overindulge!

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.

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.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

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

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.

About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.

Men who refrain from sexual acts are frequently stronger, owing to their conservation of energy.

So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius' wife: on the contrary, I have refused even to listen to those who spoke to me of her beauty.

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

I have always espoused chastity except when one can no longer resist the temptation.

If you would be chaste, you must be temperate.

The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.

Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice.

There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust.

Put temptation on the unenjoyment line.

Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

I abstain from any kind of release for six weeks before a fight, no self-pleasure, nothing. Even in my dreams, I'll be about to have sex with a beautiful girl and I'll say, 'Sorry darling, I'm fighting in a few weeks.' That's control, bro, when you're turning down a hot chick in your subconscious.

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