Quotes about Temptation
Confusing the weight of sins actually hurts our ability to resist temptation.
— John Eldredge
We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. (HEBREWS 4:15)
— John Eldredge
You must understand: the unholy trinity Scripture names as the world, our flesh, and the evil one conspire to undermine your character.
— John Eldredge
Adam and Eve could not walk away from the seductive serpent who enticed them to eat the forbidden fruit, and they lost Eden. Samson could not walk away from Delilah, who seductively lured him into revealing the secret to the anointing God had given him, and he lost his life. Judas could not walk away from thirty pieces of silver, and he lost his soul. Is the Prince of Darkness tempting you with forbidden fruit to lure you away from your blessing? Be like Abram: walk away today!
— John Hagee
The world then is the enemy of our souls; first, because, however innocent its pleasures, and praiseworthy its pursuits may be, they are likely to engross us, unless we are on our guard: and secondly, because in all its best pleasures, and noblest pursuits, the seeds of sin have been sown; an enemy hath done this; so that it is most difficult to enjoy the good without partaking of the evil also.
— John Henry Newman
She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand like a lizard on the window-pane.
— John Lennon
Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.
— Thomas Paine
When you're a failure in Hollywood, that's like starving to death outside a banquet hall, with smells of filet mignon driving you crazy.
— Marilyn Monroe
Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.
— Ambrose of Milan
You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.
— CS Lewis
Temptation exercises our faith and teaches us to pray.
— AB Simpson
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
— John Ortberg