There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist

Quote by John Lubbock

Topics: Temptation Quotes

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day...

Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate....

Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate....

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or...

The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or...

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows,...

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows,...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on...

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend...

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend...

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains...

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains...

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule...

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule...

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the...

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the...

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten...

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten...

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a...

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are...

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are...

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that...

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a...