John Wesley Quotes

My whole life, I've been a Temptation.

Protect me from what I want.

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

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

Sometimes I wish I was less of a maniac; sometimes I wish I was more.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

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

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

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

A person in my position has to restrain himself.

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

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

I don't think I have ever been out of control.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

The irony is that Washington was, in reality, very much like Benedict Arnold. The big difference was that Washington was ultimately able to control his emotions, something Arnold never learned to do.

Only the disciplined ones in life are free. If you are undisciplined, you are a slave to your moods and your passions.

I had no monarch in my life, and cannot rule myself; and when I try to organize, my little force explodes and leaves me bare and charred.

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

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

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

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

I have to reign myself in a lot.