Quotes About Temptation

Actually for a while Jessica had contemplated making a grand entrance wearing only the dress, thinking wickedly about how the sight of her cold, shivering body would prompt Nicholas to rush up and put his arms around her to warm her up. But evenings at this time of year were usually chilly, and she saw no reason to risk pneumonia just for a sympathy hug. She'd have to settle for throwing her coat off dramatically as she was being ushered into the Morrow mansion.

Jessica stopped a few feet away so that Ken could get an optimal view of her body posed against the seductive backdrop of the sea, sand, and palm trees.

herself to his side. He couldn't believe it. She was really his for the taking.

His older brother once told him that if you found you were undressing the girl and yourself, take a break and ask yourself whether you're pushing too hard.

Don't come to Paris if you're planning a solitary hike through a sexual desert.

One: See the two of them everywhere. Contemplate suicide. Would it seem too tourist-y to jump off the Eiffel Tower?

Only later during her prayers had it come to her how cunning Satan could be. Her love for Marcus could become a tool against her, for when her heart and mind were on Marcus, Julia lay forgotten. Nothing must distract her from her mission here. And no one.

He had fallen head over heels for a devil with blue eyes and waist-length blonde hair and a body that would tempt a man into sin and death.

But so often, things of great beauty are full of great corruption.

The appeal was so often the same: Make me comfortable so I can go on doing whatever I want to do. They wanted sin without consequences.

A pretty face and a beautiful body blind a man more quickly than any poker through the eyes.

These conquerors of the world are slaves to their passions, and someday their passions will bring them down.

Bithia seemed wise in the ways of the world, but she was completely ignorant of what she brought upon herself. Commerce with the powers of darkness might gain her what she desired for the moment, but at what cost in the end?

who'd gazed at David with adoring eyes and dreamed dreams about him. David could have anyone he wanted! Even before he was king, women were falling in love with him. She was stricken with regret and fear as the days passed. If only she had

Satan is a powerful adversary who knows you almost as intimately as does the Lord. He attacks through the mind and flesh, trying to separate you from Christ." "That

Men were fickle, especially when they had positions of power, and she hadn't expected affair to last long.-Rahab

You are my God! Let nothing stand between You and me. Sin crouches at the entrance of my heart waiting to devour me. And I must fight against it. Oh, God, how I must fight against the fire in my blood!

then the cycle would repeat: faith for a generation, then complacency, soon followed by adultery as the people chased after false gods.

Membertou first was catechised, confessed his sins, and renounced the Devil, whom we are told he had faithfully served during a hundred and ten years.

I miss tarty tarts.

SIN IS THE MONSTER we love to deny. It can stalk us, bite a slice out of our lives, return again and bite again, and even as we bleed and hobble, we prefer to believe nothing has happened. That makes sin the perfect monster, a man-eater that blinds and numbs its victims, convincing them that nothing is wrong and there is no need to flee, and then consumes them at its leisure.

And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.

The Proximity of a Desirable Thing Tempts One to Overindulgence. On That Path Lies Danger.

How tempting it is to raise high walls and keep out change. Rot here in our own self-satisfied comfort.