Quotes about Temptation

I have absolutely no objection to performance and success as long as they don't become false idols and threaten to rule our lives.

There is ever the prior question of plain duty, with which nothing else, however tempting or promising of success, can come into conflict; and such seasons may be only those when our faith and patience are put on trial, so as to bring it clearly before us, whether or not, quite irrespective of all else, we are content to leave everything in the hands of God.

There was a spark inside that holiest of holy places that made people want to possess it, and what men yearn for they often destroy.

But then you like to tempt fate, don't you? Don't worry, it will all work out

And yet he imagined leaping into the blue-green water, thousands of miles from here, in a land where no one followed the rules set forth, where a sin might float like a flower in a fountain and a man was free to do as he pleased.

Every time you resist temptation you are winning for your children.

Do not swallow anything Satan is trying to ram down your throat. Jesus comes first.

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13

In life,there are only four kinds of girls: The girl who played with fire. The girl who opened Pandora's Box. The girl who gave Adam the apple. And the girl whose best friend stole her boyfriend.

Learning takes us through many states of life, but it fails utterly in the hour of danger and temptation. Then faith alone saves.

Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.