Acquire Quote by Pio of Pietrelcina

There are some temptations which are so strong that they must be virtues.

— Charles Baudelaire

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes…

— George A. Smith

“Do not grieve over temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to…

— Anonymous

“We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because he was the…

— C.S. Lewis

“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

Temptation may even be a blessing to a man when it reveals to him his weakness and drives him to the almighty Savior. Do…

— F.B. Meyer

The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.

— Francois Fenelon

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a…

— James Buckham Kennedy

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.”

— Bible

Without temptations, it is not possible to learn the wisdom of the Spirit. It is not possible that Divine love be strengthened in your…

— Isaac of Nineveh

“For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid…

— Joyce Meyer

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