Quotes about Temptation

Satan attempts to twist the meaning and therefore the application of God's Word in the hope that we will misuse his promises for self-preservation

I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make me gloomy, stupid, unsociable, and useless.

Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit; we are sometimes tempted that we may learn to pray the more.

To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge.

The Devil is a spiritual lunatic, but, like many lunatics, he is extremely plausible and cunning.

It has been my observation that whatever a person hungers for, Satan will appear to offer in exchange for a spiritual compromise.

Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.

The example of great and pure characters is the only thing that can produce fine ideas and noble deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?

Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and 6 of those words are devoted to asking god not to lead us into temptation.

Wild inside; raging, writhing—yes, writhing was the word, writhing with desire. But outwardly he was hopelessly tame; outwardly—baa, baa, baa.

The Lord's Prayer is less than fifty words long, and six of those words are devoted to asking God not to lead us into temptation.