Mae West 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.

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

I can't resist temptation of any kind.

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

I hate exercising self-control.

Temptation to behave is terrible.

I can resist everything except temptation.

It's not easy not to play.

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

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.

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

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

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

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.

Protect me from what I want.

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

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

Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand.

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.

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

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