Quotes about Temptation
Our enemy, the devil, wants to control us, and his target is our will. The main way he tries to influence our will is through lying to us.
— Joyce Meyer
Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.
— Mark Twain
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
— John Ortberg
He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.
— Publilius Syrus
Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way."
— Tullian Tchividjian
We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.
— Andy Stanley
The main reason for people's lack of success is their willingness to give up what they want most of all, for what they want right now!
— Zig Ziglar
What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mouth of the pit.
— Jim Elliot
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
— John Calvin
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
— Pope John Paul II
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
— Seneca
If the devil can't steal your soul, he'll just keep you busy doing meaningless church work.
— Shane Claiborne