Quotes about Temptation
Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God.
- Khalil Gibran
The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God.
- Martin Luther
But things that are intrinsically good can also become idols-if we allow them to take over any of God's functions in our lives.
- Nancy Pearcey
Satan does not tempt us just to make us do wrong things- he tempts us to make us lose what God has put into us through regeneration, namely, the possibility of being of value to God.
- Oswald Chambers
Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.
- David Jeremiah
God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, "let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be - let me be a woman'?
- Elisabeth Elliot
There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
- Francois Rabelais
God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.
- Henry David Thoreau
Nephi taught that by clinging to the word of God, as though it be a handrail, we would be able to avoid temptations and not lose our way in darkness. Thus, we would remain on the narrow path.
- Joseph Wirthlin
At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.
- Martin Luther
At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.
- Martin Luther