Quotes about Temptation
So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan's line to him is 'You're fine'. But after you do take sides, it becomes 'Your heart is bad and you know it'.
— John Eldredge
If men only believe enough in Christ they can commit adultery and murder a thousand times a day without periling their salvation.
— Martin Luther
Every man prefers virtue, when there is not some strong incitement to transgress its precepts.
— Samuel Johnson
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
— Thomas Adams
If a man serves not God only, then surely he serves the devil.
— Martin Luther
No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.
— CS Lewis
Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who doth not kill sin in this way takes no steps toward his journey's end.
— John Owen
Sin keeps a man from prayer, and prayer keeps a man from sin.
— Brigham Young
Idle men tempt the devil to tempt them.
— Charles Spurgeon
No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes.
— Henry Ward Beecher
This is part of Satan's current "Big Lie." His delusion.
— Terry James
We must despise all these temptations and pay no attention whatsoever to them.
— St. Therese of Lisieux