Temptation Quotes

The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

People are rarely diabolic or bent enthusiastically on evil. As a rule, they are only weak; they cannot resist temptation and thus give way to their evil drives.

Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts.

What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?

About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words

Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.

O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?

Satan's primary temptation strategy is to try and make us forget what God has said about us and to evaluate our standing before God by some other criteria

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to impurity destroys grace.

Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken

All temptations can be handled easily when we know how, because no temptation is a temptation at all unless we are entertaining it.

God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.

Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.

Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell.

Thou shalt never wash my feet.

As your temptations become greater, so does your ability to make responsible choices.

Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated. He does not truly hate the fruit who delights in the root.

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 world system, and our own lustful "flesh" tendencies.

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.

It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.

It is too late if we wait until the moment of temptation before making our decision.

Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.

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.

There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do him an injury; and, if he is overcome, you share his guilt.

Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance.

Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.

Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity.

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure man needs the help.

I don't want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.

Remember sometimes just the rush of having a crush is a temptation, even if it is inappropriate, but beware of playing with fire, you will get burned.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

Gently resist the temptation to chase your dreams into the world; pursue them in your heart until they disappear into the Self, and leave them there.

A corner draft fluttered the flame And the white fever of temptation Upswept its angel wings that cast A cruciform shadow.