Quotes about temptation
temptation wealth snares
Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others. Charles Caleb Colton
temptation important weakness
One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before. Charles Stanley
temptation sometimes christ
Has there not been, sometimes, this temptation to do a great deal for Christ, but not to live a great deal with Christ? Charles Spurgeon
temptation elbows
Temptation: the fiend at my elbow. William Shakespeare
temptation duty temptation-life
Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty. Earl Wilson
temptation terrible be-good
Terrible is the temptation to be good. Bertolt Brecht
temptation literature terrible
Temptation to behave is terrible.
temptation virtue
Where there is no temptation, there is no virtue. Agnes Repplier
temptation chinese succeed
The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed. Bob Parsons
temptation chastity
I have always espoused chastity except when one can no longer resist the temptation. Edna O'Brien
temptation littles precursor
I always loved Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were like the precursors of the Temptations. I loved their music. Bobby Keys
temptation age looks
The temptation of the age is to look good without being good. Brennan Manning
temptation idle industrious
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle
temptation failing shows
The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail. Dan Ariely
temptation doe
Temptation out of reach does you no good. Craig Johnson
temptation wizards hypothesis
What is merely a hypothesis to anyone else is an overwhelming temptation to a wizard. Barbara Hambly
temptation satan mankind
The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan. Arthur Koestler
temptation wicked virtuous
Temptations make one very censorious. If you are virtuous you condemn the wicked and if you are wicked, you condemn the virtuous. Elizabeth Bibesco
temptation want trust-in-god
When we find ouselves in some grave danger we must not lose courage but firmly trust in God, for where there is the greatest danger, there is also the greatest help from Him who wants to be called our 'Help' in times of peace and in times of tribulation.
temptation watches attention
I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself. Charles R. Swindoll
temptation intelligence cynicism
The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism. Albert Camus
temptation tempted resisting-temptation
Why resist temptation? There will always be more. Don Herold
temptation lust
Which is scarier-- lust or temptation? Craig Thompson
temptation sin redeemed
That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed. Anne Rice
temptation rings
It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once. Anna Held
temptation purpose impulse
TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose. Ambrose Bierce
temptation literature satan
But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor. Alexander Pope
temptation suffering might
I am human because God made me. I experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow Satan. God is reaching out to me to rescue me. I am learning to trust Him, learning to live by His precepts that I might be preserved. Donald Miller
temptation wickedness world
Very simply, the Spirit of Elijah is the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of Elijah will influence anyone who is involved in this work. That, for a young person in the wickedness in the world in which we live today, is one of the greatest safeguards against the temptations of the adversary. The Spirit of Elijah will not only bless you, it will protect you. David A. Bednar
temptation selling contagious
The temptation to entertain instead of selling is contagious. David Ogilvy
temptation goodness be-good
We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary. Samuel Richardson
temptation firsts satan
There is nothing new about humanism. It is the yielding to Satan's first temptation of Adam and Eve: "Ye shall be as gods." (Gen. 3:5) Billy Graham
temptation looks facts
Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers. C. S. Lewis