Temptation Quotes
These are some of the best 'Temptation' quotations and sayings.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist.
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Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
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Do all that you can to stand, and then fear lest you may fall, and by the grace of God you are safe.
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Do not give dalliance too much the rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood.
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Every temptation is great or small according as the man is.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Get thee behind me, Satan.
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God chooses that men should be tried, but let a man beware of tempting his neighbor. God knows how and how much, and where and when. Man is his brother's keeper, and must keep him according to his knowledge.
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God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.
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He who has no mind to trade with the devil, should be so wise as to keep away from his shop.
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Honest bread is very well - it's the butter that makes the temptation.
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How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!
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I can resist anything but temptation.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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I have a simple principle for the conduct of life - never to resist an adequate temptation.
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If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I rise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savour) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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If you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor?
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It is a most fearful fact to think of, that in every heart there is some secret spring that would be weak at the touch of temptation, and that is liable to be assailed. Fearful, and yet salutary to think of, for the thought may serve to keep our moral nature braced. It warns us that we can never stand at ease, or lie down in the field of life, without sentinels of watchfulness and campfires of prayer.
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