The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. - John Burroughs
words...To lure the tribal shoals to epigram / And order. - Seamus Heaney
It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless. - Donald Miller
Ah, woman. She is an enigma. An anomaly of perfection & irony. She can lure angels into her arms & give birth to a nation of ideologies. - Ace Antonio Hall
The world will always try to lure us away so that it can infect us with sin. - Sunday Adelaja
Writers are like tricksters. Their words lure us to embark on journeys and unlock our emotions. - Ogwo David Emenike
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor WitShall lure it back to cancel half a Line,Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. - Omar Khayyám
I will become an ocean and make you my greatest secret ever, I'll keep thousands of demons to guard my secret. I'll create storms that none has ever seen. I will lure everyone to the darkest sides and will destroy them if they try to reach you and see what I am hiding back in my heart. - Akshay Vasu
There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do. - Harry Truman
Beautiful enough to lure in prey, he said. Strong enough to clamp down and destroy, he said. - Tahereh Mafi
The love between a man and a woman acts like a mousetrap to lure a man towards a woman enticing him like a pure cheese, but is secretly tied with a strap. - Anuj Somany
(M)ysteries in fiction are seldom as insoluble as those in life, as most writers can't resist the lure of omniscience. - Dennis McFadden
PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude. - Ambrose Bierce
All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him. - Sun-Tzu
That was his tactic. Make them want know something they never wanted to know. Lure them into the trap of knowledge. - Sahana Epari
The innocent-sounding words Yes, it’s close enough to walk can easily lure the unsuspecting tourist into an exhausting day-long climb, requiring supplemental oxygen, crampons, and a pickax. - Maryrose Wood (The Hidden Gallery)
If you can keep alive in your heart the spirit of cheerfulness, the love of the wonderful, the sweet amazement of happy thoughts, the challenge of service, the lure of tomorrow and the joy of today, you will never grow old. - Reverend Ada Slaton Bonds, Cumberland Presbyterian