Margaret Oliphant Quotes

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 generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

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

I can't resist temptation of any kind.

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.

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

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

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.

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

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

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

Everyone deals with temptation. It's just there.

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

It's not easy not to play.

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.

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.

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