Quotes about Temptation
What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, "let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be - let me be a woman'?
— Elisabeth Elliot
There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
— Francois Rabelais
God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.
— Henry David Thoreau
Nephi taught that by clinging to the word of God, as though it be a handrail, we would be able to avoid temptations and not lose our way in darkness. Thus, we would remain on the narrow path.
— Joseph Wirthlin
At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.
— Martin Luther
At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.
— Martin Luther
Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.
— St. Augustine
Everybody has an instinctive desire to do good things and avoid evil. But that desire is sterile as long as we have no experience of what it means to be good.
— Thomas Merton