“Do you really think, Arthur, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to.”

“I am tormented by temptations."
"What kind? There is a cure for temptation."
"What?"
"Yielding to it.”

“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”

“Yield to temptation… it may not pass your way again!”

“The best way to get the better of temptation is just to yield to it.”

“What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?”

“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”

“The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.”

“There can be no faith without doubt. No strength without temptation. (Rafael)”

“You don't want to go to war with a president [...] There's a temptation that you have to fight to tell the president what you think he wants to hear. I’ve seen really good people do that.”