Quotes about Temptation
Samson entertained Delilah, and she infiltrated his heart and took his secrets. Avoid entertaining thoughts that will destroy your peace.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.
— St. Anthony of Padua
By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction
— John Owen
The more men pray, the less worldly they become. The less they pray, the more worldly they become. I am, of course, speaking of professing Christians at this point.
— Leonard Ravenhill
The deceit, the lie of the Devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The devil would gladly give a Bible to every man and promote obedience to its commands if in exchange we would surrender to him the Gospel
— Paul Washer
Only the desert has a fascination--to ride alone--in the sun in the forever unpossessed country--away from man. That is a great temptation.
— DH Lawrence
My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.
— Dolly Parton
Satan can make men dance upon the brink of hell as though they were on the verge of heaven.
— Charles Spurgeon
The idolatry the exists in a man's heart always wants to lead him away from his Savior and back to self-reliance no matter how pitiful that self-reliance is or how many times it has betrayed him.
— Matt Chandler
Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
— JC Ryle