Temptation Quotes

• Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction

  John Owen

  Cutting, Exercise, Men

  John Owen, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “Overcoming Temptation and Sin”, Lulu.com

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• Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

  Pope Leo I

  Enemy, Victory, Saint

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• Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  God, Hype, Deception

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• No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.

  C. S. Lewis

  Happiness, Strong, Men

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• Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.

  Joey Adams

  Funny, Life, Birthday

  Joey Adams (1981). “Strictly for laughs”, A & W Publishers, Inc.

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• A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.

  C. S. Lewis

  Motivational, Strong, Lying

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

  Billy Graham

  Decisions You Make, Decision

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it.

  Jerry Bridges

  Commitment, Victory, Praying

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.74, NavPress

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• It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

  Mick Jagger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Letting Go

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Anniversary, Single, Funny Valentines Day

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.32, Courier Corporation

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• Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction by the world.

  C. J. Mahaney

  Christian, Challenges, World

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• Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things.

  Saint Augustine

  Fighting, Suffering, Tasks

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• The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.

  Francois Fenelon

  Realization, Sovereign, Remedy

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• Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.

  Philip Neri

  Successful, Grieving, Opposites

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• Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

  Billy Sunday

  Doors, Devil, Keyholes

  Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1917). “Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

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• Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Overcoming, Lions

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• Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell

  Oprah Winfrey

  Attitude, Opportunity, Doors

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• I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

  Mae West

  Motivational, Tattoo, Sexy

  My Little Chickadee (motion picture) (1940) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Wilde 25; Wilde 53

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• We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Who We Are, Shows, Tempted

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• When fleeing the scene of temptation, do not leave a forwarding address.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Fleeing, Addresses, Scene

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• Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Inspirational, Funny, Birthday

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• St. Augustine teaches us that there is in each man a Serpent, an Eve, and an Adam. Our senses and natural propensities are the Serpent; the excitable desire is the Eve; and reason is the Adam. Our nature tempts us perpetually; criminal desire is often excited; but sin is not completed till reason consents.

  Blaise Pascal

  Men, Desire, Criminals

  Blaise Pascal (1849). “Thoughts of Blaise Pascal”, p.371

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• Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

  William Blake

  Struggle, Bait, Snares

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• The biggest human temptation is... to settle for too little.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Simple Life, Littles

  Forbes, August 4, 1980.

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• The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Success

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