Temptation Management Quotes

I deal with temptation by yielding to it.

I have the biggest sweet tooth ever. I love chocolate, I love sugar, all that stuff. But I've learned to kind of not eat it but just treat myself every now and then with something. Because if you avoid it completely, then I personally go crazy.

There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it.

The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance.

There are those who say that temptation can be barricaded beyond the door. The ones who think that stray desires can be driven out of the heart like the moneychangers from the temple. Maybe they can, if you patrol your weak points day and night, don't look, don't smell, don't dream.

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

If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us!

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

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

I have a simple principle for the conduct of life- never to resist an adequate temptation.

It's natural for humans to suppress urges, for when our desires are left unchecked they lead to broken relationships, prison time, and forest fires.

We must learn by experience to avoid either trains of thought or social situations which for us (not necessarily for everyone) lead to temptations. Like motoring-don't wait till the last moment before you put on the brakes but put them on, gently and quietly, while the danger is still a good way off.

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

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

Put temptation on the unenjoyment line.

I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career.

If I’ve already thought through a situation and have a response prepared ahead of time in the event temptation rears its ugly head, it is that much easier to resist.

Temptations are as thick as the leaves of the forest, and no one can be out of the reach of temptation unless he is dead. The great thing is to make people intelligent enough and strong enough, not to keep away from temptation, but to resist it.

There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.

When temptations march monotonously in regiments, one waits for to pass.

A woman flees from temptation, but a man just crawls away from it in the cheerful hope that it may overtake him.

The only way to avoid cannon-shot is to fall down. No such way to be freed from temptation as to keep low.

For they who think they make an end of temptation by yeilding to it, only set themselves on fire the more.

I figured being a bed salesman was a job of biblically bad paradox. I mean, here he was, forced to stand for eight or nine hours a day, and the whole time he’s surrounded by beds. And not only that, he’s surrounded by shoppers who see the beds and can’t help but think, Man, I’d love to lie down on that bed for a second. So not only does he have to stop himself from lying down, but he has to stop everyone else from doing it, too. I knew if I were him, I would be desperate for human company.

Once you understand the power of stimulus control, you can use it to your advantage by changing the stimuli in your environment and avoiding undesirable ones; or, if that's not possible, by filling your consciousness with thoughts about their less tempting aspects.