Temptation Quotes

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Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should… — Martin Luther
Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven. — Pio of Pietrelcina
Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self… — Friedrich Nietzsche
He, who loves praise, loves temptation. — Thomas F. Wilson
If thou least fallen into sin through violent temptations, seek speedily for repentance for it, recovery out of it, and reformation from it. — Vavasor Powell
For as a city which has been once besieged and not sacked will ever after be more strong to hold out if it be assaulted… — George Downame
This is the great work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God, and toexpect temptation to his last… — Anthony the Great
Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these, let… — Wilford Woodruff
One can defend common sense against the attacks of philosophers only by solving their puzzles, i.e., by curing them of the temptation to attack common… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
God is good but not safe, and the urge for safe art is often a worldly temptation away from goodness. — Kenneth Myers
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Every period of life has its peculiar temptations and dangers. But youth is the time when we are most likely to be ensnared. This, pre-eminently,… — Josiah Johnson Hawes
Teaching is the canny art of intellectual temptation — Jerome Bruner
My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character. Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as thin feels. — Stephen Covey
There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading. — John Quincy Adams
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred. — William Taylor
There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them;… — Matthew Henry
Mortality is, in reality, a very, very short period. It is literally a snap of the fingers compared to an eternity. It is so short… — Hartman Rector, Jr.
Beloved youth, you will have your trials and temptations through which you must pass, but there are great moments of eternity which lie ahead. You… — Ezra Taft Benson
Believers do not surrender. They can continue on their way to the truth because they are certain that God has created them "explorers", whose mission… — Pope John Paul II

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