Temptation Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old temptation quotes, temptation sayings, and temptation proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Better to ask the way than go astray. unknown
Bloom where you're planted. unknown
Curiosity killed the cat. E. O'Neill
Don't bite off more than you can chew. unknown
Even though you have ten thousand fields, you can eat but one measure of rice a day. Chinese Proverb
Every man has his price. unknown
Gold is the devil's fishhook. Italian (on temptation)
If passion drives, let reason hold the reins. Benjamin Franklin
If you don't want trouble, don't go looking for it. unknown
It's better to find a whole worm in your apple than half a worm. unknown
Never pick up what you didn't put down. Virgin Islander (on temptation)
Never trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you. unknown
Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another. Benjamin Franklin
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. unknown
The crow may be caged but his thoughts are in the cornfield. Belizean (on temptation)
The devil catches most souls in a golden net. German (on temptation)
The devil tempts but doesn't force. Guyanan
The grass is always greener in someone else's yard. unknown
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. Mark Twain
The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for. Tucker Max
Temptation is the feeling we get when encountered by an opportunity to do what we innately know we shouldn't. Steve Maraboli
The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods. Thomas Merton
Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt. Prayer makes it weaker. Toba Beta
Sometimes we have to behave indifferent towards people who proclaim their love to us, just to see if they are really different. Michael Bassey Johnson
Temptation likes best those who think they have a natural immunity, for it may laugh all the harder when they succumb. Catherynne M. Valente
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart. William Shakespeare
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. William Butler Yeats
Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction John Owen
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle. Charles H. Spurgeon
Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers. Chinese Proverbs