Quotes about Temptation

We have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?

In fact one is tempted to ask whether there is a single man left ready, for once, to commit an outrageous folly.

By faith he was a stranger in the land of promise, and there was nothing to recall what was dear to him, but by its novelty everything tempted his soul to melancholy yearning — and yet he was God's elect, in whom the Lord was well pleased!

those who possess faith should take care to set up certain criteria so that one might distinguish the paradox from a temptation (Anfechtung).

To sin is human, to lay snares is diabolical.

To sin is human, to lay snares is diabolical.

How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?

We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.

If we didn't have to stand against temptation, we'd never know our own spiritual strength.

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.

If success corrupts, I'm probably pretty corrupted by now.

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