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81 " I should have shouted " No" and left him. " But at least" said Satan in the deeps of my mind, " know what the temptation is before you do anything hastily. "
82 " Abstainer: a weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. "
83 " Everyone likes to think that he has done reasonably well in life so that it comes as a shock to find our children believing differently. The temptation is to tune them out it takes much more courage to listen. "
84 " Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope. "
85 " Change can be frightening, and the temptation is often to resist it. But change almost always provides opportunities - to learn new things, to rethink tired processes, and to improve the way we work. "
86 " When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge. "
87 " We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. "
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
88 " I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should. "
89 " 'Ernest Borgnine' is sort of my version of Woody Allen's 'Purple Rose Of Cairo' in that it's about the occasional difficulty of coming to terms with the cold hard facts and the temptation to escape into another world - like movies, for example. I'm a pro at escaping. "
90 " When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome. "
