Quotes about Resisting Temptation
O brethren! It is easier to chide at sin, than to overcome it.
— Richard Baxter
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.
— John Owen
God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.
— Charles Stanley
Satan can't keep God from answering our prayers, but he will keep us from asking.
— Adrian Rogers
We live in a world that is filled with filth and sleaze, a world that reeks of evil. You cannot afford that filthy poison to touch you. Stay away from it. Avoid it.
— Gordon Hinckley
Ignoring a temptation is far more effective than fighting.
— Rick Warren
The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.
— Martin Luther
Tis true I know what evil I shall do but passion overpowers the better council.
— Epictetus
I love this club, and to be wearing number 10 for Tottenham is amazing for me. I could not resist.
— Harry Kane
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
— Henry David Thoreau
Foulgrin: If you can keep Fletcher from saying a definitive no to a temptation, you've won. Whatever is not a no is merely a postponed yes. (advice to the tempter Squaltaint)
— Randy Alcorn
Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to kill the flesh is to starve it; to stop feeding it.
— Joyce Meyer