Quotes about Temptation
When we are overtaken with a sin, we sometimes fail to analyze how we fell. This is to our great disadvantage. We repent of the sin, but we do not consider the temptation that was the cause of it.
- John Owen
Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before.
- John Owen
Temptation, then, in general, is any thing, state, way, or condition that, upon any account whatsoever, has a force or efficacy to seduce, to draw the mind and heart of a man from its obedience, which God requires of him, into any sin, in any degree of it whatsoever.
- John Owen
The first breathe of adultery is the freest.
- John Updike
The first breathe of adultery is the freest.
- John Updike
In a way, gluttony is an athletic feat, a stretching exercise.
- John Updike
Cudowny miód pÄ™czniaÃ…' w moich pachwinach.
- John Updike
Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.
- Thomas Watson
Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
- JC Ryle
The Devil doesn't fear austerity but holy obedience.
- Francis de Sales
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
- Will Smith
The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
- John Wycliffe