“God invites while the devil pressures and shoves and bullies. Realize who holds the actual power before you react. You are greater… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
I will ever be grateful for the wise counsel of a strong and inspired father when he taught, "If you always say… — Harold G. Hillam Copy Share Image
Is it not a great temptation to be so valiant in imagination and so cowardly in execution? — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God; by its action it is the reconciliation of man with… — Ignatius Bryanchaninov Copy Share Image
The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
the writer must resist this temptation [to quote] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for… — Ethel Smyth Copy Share Image
But precisely this illusion that everything is "clear" is what is blinding us all. It is a serious temptation, and it is… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Our suffering is not worthy the name of suffering. When I consider my crosses, tribulations, and temptations, I shame myself almost to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Grow a garden, give food away, resist the temptation to give into hate, change it up and try peacemaking for once, love… — Tripp York Copy Share Image
“This much is true: When you are about to effect the lives of hundreds of people, Satan will do everything he can… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
This coarse and insulting way of regarding woman, as though they existed merely to be the safety-valves of men's passions, and that… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
There is a lot of difference between tempting and leading into error. God tempts but does not lead into error. To tempt… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Man has always been dexterous at confusing evil with good. That was Adam's and Eve's problem, and it is our problem today.… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency. — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
The worst possible thing for any of us - no matter what our temptations, no matter what our mortal inclinations may be… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything. — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely. — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
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