Quotes About Temptation

A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.

They say men have a sexual thought every 20 seconds. The other 19 are shame.

No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes.

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

The devil makes you think you are poor and makes even others who practice prayer think this of themselves. And he is somewhat right because you have promised poverty -- orally, that is. I say orally, for it is impossible that, if with the heart we understand what we promise and then promise it, the devil could draw us for twenty years and even our whole lives into this temptation; 'impossible,' because we would see that we are deceiving the world and our own selves.

I did not dare look back at Domenico. Sprawled catlike in the silver chair, he was watching me; I could feel his eyes resting on my bare shoulders as actual as a touch.

Domenico's smile was breathtakingly beautiful, but his devil's look blazed behind it.

to say nothing through fear that taking the matter up would be yielding to temptation would itself be to yield to temptation.

our faculties seem to be making war upon us, as if they were resentful of the war made upon them by our vices.

for the devil never slumbers. And the nearer we are to perfection, the more careful we must be, since his temptations are then much more cunning because there are no others that he dare send us;

For the devil does not allow a single bad habit to disappear and the very weakness of our mortal nature destroys the virtues in us.

by committing a mortal sin, instead of seeking to please God, it prefers to gratify the devil, the prince of darkness, and so comes to share his blackness.

The powers of devils are nothing if these devils do not find souls cowardly and surrendered to them; it is with such souls that they show their power.

Watching the smoke dance out of a cigarette is like watching a girl dance out of her dress.

...like stealing the juice out of tomorrow's fruit.

The devil needs no convincing of the poison in your elixir. But did you really think you had medicine?

If junk food is the devil, then a sweet orange is as scripture.

I tried yoga once but took off for the mall halfway through class, as I had a sudden craving for a soft pretzel and world peace.

Another day, another juicy, mouth-watering, charbroiled Krabby Patty.

Do we not sit for hours at a time before our computer or TV screens, amused at the debased activities we see, some of which might have made even the ancient pagans blush? The debasing goings-on draw our transfixed attention, in many cases resulting in turning over to their mesmerizing devices our children who desperately need nurturing. Are these not altars from which emanate the images made like corruptible man?

This is part of Satan's current "Big Lie." His delusion.

we cannot ignore the enemy of our souls, but neither should we lavish attention on him.

We are all a thought away from becoming a monster.