Citadels Quote by James Joyce

The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan.

— Arthur Koestler

Temptation coaxes us toward sin, and sin leads to sickness and death, and ultimately confinement in the realm of the evil one.

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and…

— William Butler Yeats

Temptation can be defined as an inducement to do evil. Three powerful forces work together to ruin a believer's character and witness: Satan, the…

— Charles Stanley

Temptation, if it is not to conquer, must not fall like a bomb against another bomb of instantaneous moral explosions, but against the strong…

— Maria Montessori

The greatest temptation for the like of us is: to renounce violence, to repent, to make peace with oneself. Most revolutionaries fell before this…

— Arthur Koestler

“Every hour of temptation in one's life has origin. Either from the flesh or the devil .”

— Osunsakin Adewale

“Perhaps that was one of the flaws of the faith: life’s pleasures were all sins, as if the senses were the enemy of the…

— Stephen P. Kiernan

“From that time on the parish priest began to show signs of senility that would lead him to say years later that the devil…

— Gabriel García Márquez

The very first temptation in the history of mankind was the temptation to be discontent...that is exactly what discontent(ment ) is - a questioning…

— Jerry Bridges

Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.

— Robert Herrick

“Life's temptations have the purpose of putting our spiritual integrity to the test. To yield to them, however, gives one a precarious and tormented…

— Anonymous