Temptation Quotes - Page 2

• Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.

  John Quincy Adams

  Opportunity

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• The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came. Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.

  R. A. Torrey

  Motivational, Success, Christian

  R. A. Torrey, Edward D. Andrews (2016). “CHRISTIAN LIVING: How to Succeed in the Christian Life [Updated and Expanded]”, p.259, Christian Publishing House

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• There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection.

  Pope Gregory I

  Perfection, Catholic, Saint

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• The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God.

  Bob Jones, Sr.

  Bible, God, Christian

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• Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences of sin. Remorse and regret cannot compensate for sin....though sins can be forgiven immediately - the consequences can last a lifetime

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Regret, Lasts, Remember

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• But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

  Alexander Pope

  Literature, Satan, Wealth

  Alexander Pope, William Warburton (1797). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Life of Alexander Pope. Poems”, p.266

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• The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

  T. S. Eliot

  Deeds, Lasts, Reason

  Murder in the Cathedral pt. 1 (1935)

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• Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Sin, Virtue

  'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 2, sc. 2, l. 180

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• Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.

  William Taylor

  Time, Men, Leisure

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• If we don't want temptation to follow us, we shouldn't act as if we are interested. No one ever fell over a precipice who never went near one.

  Richard L. Evans

  Want, Precipice, Ifs

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• Jesus was not tempted to see if He would fall. He was tempted to show that He could not fall.

  J. Vernon McGee

  Christian, Jesus, Fall

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• The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Yield, Way, Gray

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 2 (1891) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Mae West 19; Wilde 53

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• Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

  Robert Orben

  Motivational, Life And Love, People

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• Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

  James Buckham Kennedy

  Depression, Wise, Adversity

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• If yon wish to be like the gods on earth, to be free in the realms of the dead, pluck not the fruit from the garden! In appearance it may glisten to the eye; but the perishable pleasure of possession quickly avenges the curse of curiosity.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Eye, Garden, Curiosity

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• I can resist everything except temptation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

  Lady Windermere's Fan act 1 (1892) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Mae West 19; Wilde 25

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• Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• Every Christian is endued with a power whereby he is enabled to resist temptations.

  John Tillotson

  Christian

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• It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

  Walter Bagehot

  Religion, Vices, Morality

  Walter Bagehot (1968). “The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: The historical essays. v. 5-8. Political essays”

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• Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Weapons, Excuse

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.620, Vintage

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

  George Bernard Shaw

  Humorous, Profound, Insane

  The Apple Cart (1930) interlude

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• Saintliness is also a temptation.

  Jean Anouilh

  Saint

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• Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Life, Integrity, Law Of Attraction

  Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.679, 谷月社

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• It is not the great temptations that ruin us; it is the little ones.

  John William De Forest

  Inspirational, Failure, Desire

  John William De Forest (1859). “Seacliff; Or, The Mystery of the Westervelts”, p.41

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• His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.

  Teresa of Avila

  Spring, Saint, Trials

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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