Quotes related to 1 Peter 5:8
Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.
— John Lennon
The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.
— St. Augustine
We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Each new power won by man is a power over man as well. Each advance leaves him weaker as well as stronger.
— CS Lewis
When God made man the devil was at his elbow. A creature that can do anything. Make a machine. And a machine to make the machine. And evil that can run itself a thousand years, no need to tend it.
— Cormac McCarthy
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
— Euripides
A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.
— Mahatma Gandhi
When a man understands who he is, who God is, who the devil is... then he can pick himself up out of the gutter; he can clean himself up and stand up like a man should before his God.
— Malcolm X
Snakes and monkeys are subjected to the demon more than other animals. Satan lives in them and possesses them. He uses them to deceive men and to injure them.
— Martin Luther
I was daily intoxicated, yet no man could call me intemperate.
— Henry David Thoreau
As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.
— Herman Melville