Quotes about Temptation

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I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to liv — Edmond de Goncourt
Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin doesn't. — Randy Alcorn, The Purity Principle: God's Safeguards for Life's Dangerous Trails
But it may be that I betrayed myself. Since Dorcastle, my ability to supress my emotions has diminished. I know feelings — Jack Campbell, The Hidden Masters of Marandur
Beauty is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight,or springtime, or the reflection in dark waters of that sil — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try t — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the exist — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Creation and Fall Temptation: Two Biblical Studies
Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Creation and Fall Temptation: Two Biblical Studies
It is God's earth out of which man is taken. From it he has his body. His body belongs to his essential being. Man's bod — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Creation and Fall Temptation: Two Biblical Studies
Man no longer lives in the beginning--he has lost the beginning. Now he finds he is in the middle, knowing neither the e — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Creation and Fall Temptation: Two Biblical Studies
If I were to sit down and count them, how many of my prayers were tainted by the seduction of greed? None, simply becaus — Craig D. Lounsbrough
Do not sell your soul for a bucketful of pleasures and temptations. It’s God’s priceless gift to you. — Christian Hunt, The Dawn of Grace
The strongest Christian is unsafe among occasions to sin (519). — Richard Baxter, The Saints' Everlasting Rest
But I was immobilized—less by another’s static imposition than by my own static will. For the enemy had in thrall my pow — Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
Satan’s chief device of temptation is to attack the truth of God. — R.C. Sproul, Pleasing God
You see, it is so hard for these creatures to persevere. The routine of adversity, the gradual decay of youthful loves a — C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
Too often there is this sinister greed that pulls at my coattails, subtly whispering in the ear of my soul that it is wi — Craig D. Lounsbrough, A View from the Front Porch: Encounters with Life and Jesus
There are two influences ever present in the world. One is constructive and elevating and comes from our Heavenly Father — George Albert Smith
The temptation is too strong for me. Oh, Lord! where is Thy peace that I believed in, in my childhood? – that I hear peo — Elizabeth Gaskell, Ruth
I wonder if pain comes from surrendering or resisting? — Donna Lynn Hope
But a good wife—a good unworldly woman—may really help a man, and keep him more independent. — George Eliot, Middlemarch