TEMPTATION QUOTES
quotations about temptation
Do you really think ... that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to. To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not -- there is no weakness in that.
OSCAR WILDE
An Ideal Husband
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep.
MATTHEW HENRY
Commentaries
The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him,
Reckoning his skill with opportunity.
GEORGE ELIOT
Felix Holt
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
BIBLE
Matthew 26:41
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.... Whoever yields to temptation debases himself with a debasement from which he can never arise.
HORACE MANN
A Few Thoughts for a Young Man
Temptations are a grievous burden. A thorn in the flesh. They are fiery darts.
WILLIAM NOTCUTT
A Treatise of Temptations
I can resist everything except temptation.
OSCAR WILDE
Lady Windermere's Fan
Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?
ROBERT BROWNING
The Ring and the Book
A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted--the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
Temptation cannot exist without the concurrence of inclination and opportunity.
E. H. CHAPIN
Living Words
Now concerning temptations in general, the devout soul is to consider that it is no sin to have them; yea, being sent us by God, they are meant for our good, and to give us occasion to merit by them. And those which God sends us are the most proper for us; for if they were in our choice we should choose least and last of all those that are most fit to humble us, and to withdraw our affections from ourselves and creatures; so that the more displeasing to us and afflicting that any temptations are the more profitable are they. Let none, therefore, be dismayed at the approach of temptations, but since self-love cannot be cured by application of things contrary thereto, let us accept of them as a special gift of God, assuring ourselves that it would be perilous to be long without them.
AUGUSTINE BAKER
Holy Wisdom Or Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation
Ignoring a temptation is far more effective than fighting it. Once your mind is on something else, the temptation loses its power. So when temptation calls you on the phone, don't argue with it -- just hang up!
RICK WARREN
"What Is the 'Most Spiritually Vulnerable Organ' in the Body?", Christian Post, May 17, 2017
To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how you look when asleep.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts, is lawful prize;
Nor all that glisters gold.
THOMAS GRAY
"On the Death of a Favourite Cat"
When we face or fall into temptation it is helpful to admit it: "I am being tempted by the devil, the enemy of God." Call it by its name, and say short and fervent prayers to ask the Lord's help.
DESDE LA FE
"10 Tips for fighting the devil this Lent (or any time)", Aleteia, March 9, 2017
God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
BIBLE
1 Corinthians 10:13
There is no mask that temptation cannot wear.
GEORGES BERNANOS
The Impostor
The man who only shuns temptations outwardly and does not uproot them will make little progress; indeed they will quickly return, more violent than before.
THOMAS A KEMPIS
The Imitation of Christ
The Devil suits his temptation to every sinner.
ROWLAND HILL
attributed, Day's Collacon
Anyone who has to be led into temptation doesn't deserve to enjoy it.
EVAN ESAR
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