“I can resist everything except temptation.”

“The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.”

“I am not over-fond of resisting temptation.”

“Human character is never found "to enter into its glory," except through the ordeal of affliction. Its force cannot come forth without the offer of resistance, nor can the grandeur of its free will declare itself, except in the battle of fierce temptation.”

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.”

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

“I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.”

“How can I run for office and say I want to be a weak president? We need a strong president, strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power the President shouldn’t have.”

“To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation.”

“There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.”