Temptation Quotes

982 Temptation quotes by 687 unique authors

Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse. — Robert Herrick
A total commitment to anxiously serve the Lord and others is the surest way to overcome temptations of the adversary. — James M. Paramore
If we don't want temptation to follow us, we shouldn't act as if we are interested. No one ever fell over a precipice who never… — Richard L. Evans
The difference between those whom the world esteems as good and those whom it condemns as bad, is in many cases little else than that… — Augustus William Hare
We knew before we came (to earth) that there would be many adverse circumstances to test us: accidents, sickness, and disease to prove us; temptations… — Robert E. Wells
If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we… — William Makepeace Thackeray
They (the consecrated) are men and woman who can awaken the world. Consecrated life is prophecy. God asks us to fly the nest and to… — Pope Francis
Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points us to heaven… — Greg Gilbert
Prayer cleanses from sin, drives away temptations, stamps out persecutions, comforts the fainthearted, gives new strength to the courageous, brings travellers safely home, calms the… — Tertullian
Faith in the atonement and intercession of Christ will keep us steadfast and immovable amid the temptations that press upon us in the church militant. — Ellen G. White
Sometimes it's just 'Oh my God, I love the taste of fried oysters on French bread with mayonnaise and an order of French fries.' I'm… — Richard Simmons
Take my advice, dear reader, don’t talk epigrams even if you have the gift. I know, to those have, the temptation is almost irresistible. But… — Joseph P. Farrell
Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, words and thoughts: daily forgiveness, unselfishness, kindnesses, sympathies, charities, sacrifices for the good of others, struggles against… — John Ross Macduff
If I want to free myself from endless cycles of struggling with temptation, I need to keep rediscovering that the pain of the struggle is… — Sylvia Boorstein
No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation. — H. L. Mencken
Hard workers are usually honest; industry lifts them above temptation. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Your cable television is experiencing difficulties. Please do not panic. Resist the temptation to read or talk to loved ones. Do not attempt sexual relations,… — Matt Groening
When God has not taken away our trouble or temptation yet, with His grace in our lives, we are content. — T. B. Joshua
Men have been barbarians much longer than they have been civilized. They are only precariously civilized, and within us there is the propensity, persistent as… — Walter Lippmann
I have a simple principle for the conduct of life- never to resist an adequate temptation. — Max Lerner
Terrible is the temptation to be good. — Bertolt Brecht
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Every man deems… — Lydia M. Child
Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of… — Aldous Huxley
Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that sits is easily… — Benjamin Franklin
You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclinations in the flesh.… — Martin Luther

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