Temptation: Recognize it for what it is, and then reject it—immediately and without compromise.

If evil were not made to appear attractive, there would be no such thing as temptation. It is in the close similarity between good and evil, right and wrong, that the danger lies.

Satan wants to lure us into his traps, and he knows exactly what kind of "bait" will appeal to us. He knows what we're like, and he will attack us exactly where we are the weakest.

Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will.

Some people have said that man has improved . . . [and] that if Christ came back today, He would not be crucified but would be given a glorious reception. Christ does come to us every day in the form of Bibles that we do not read, in the form of churches that we do not attend, in the form of human need that we pass by. I am convinced that if Christ came back today, He would be crucified more quickly than He was two thousand years ago. Sin never improves. Human nature has not changed.

The world's sewage system threatens to contaminate the stream of Christian thought. Satan will contest every hour you spend in Bible reading or prayer.

Don't savor temptations; don't dwell on them or toy with them or replay them over and over in your mind. The more you think about a particular temptation, the more enticing it becomes.

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

Every stage of life has its own temptations and dangers, and Satan will do all he can to exploit them . . .the time to prepare is now, not when it arrives.

The devil doesn't need to invent any new temptations; the old ones work as well as they ever have.

Temptation requires definite, decisive action.

Temptation is not a sin. It is the yielding that is sin. All temptation is from the devil.