Kathy Freston Quotes

Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence.

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

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

Protect me from what I want.

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.

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.

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.

I can't resist temptation of any kind.

My whole life, I've been a Temptation.

I wish I didn't like sweets as much as I do. I wish I didn't get carried away sometimes.

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

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

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

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

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

I never forbid myself anything.

A man must fortify himself and understand that a wise man who yields to laziness or anger or passion or love of drink, or who commits any other action prompted by impulse and inopportune, will probably find his fault condoned; but if he stoops to greed, he will not be pardoned, but render himself odious as a combination of all vices at once.

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

I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.

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

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

The hardest thing for me is restraint. I see fresh beans and ramps, and I start to quiver.

There's a significant difference between greed and hunger. When you're greedy, you just want things. That's your only need. But when you're hungry for things, it's a mixture of need and want, which is more logical to me.

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