Quotes About Temptation

There is no such thing as a conscience that is (quantitatively) more or less good, depending on how close I come to ethically fulfilling the Law (Mark 10:20). There is only that conscience which is either blinded by Satan or comforted by God.

Sin, sin! To rid myself of boredom by committing a crime, to break up monotony by deceiving. To sin in order to be a new person, another person. To hate life worse than it hated me. To sin so as not to die.

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Whether as a moral kink or a crooked twist given to the will, vice has often the appearance of a curvature for the soul.

He who has rejected his demons badgers us to death with his angels.

Satan still influences people to disobey God. The results of Adam and Eve's sin are enumerated in Genesis 3. They were separated from God, the ground was cursed, and sorrow filled their hearts.

On many days, doing what matters most will not be easy. It is not supposed to be. God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We were valiant enough there to qualify for the opportunity to choose against temptation here to prepare for eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God. We rejoiced to know the test would be one of faithful obedience even when it would not be easy.

And so it must be in every man while his moral habits are not purified; and, though there may be many shades, some of a more and some a less pronounced and settled character, yet there are, after all, only two main classes. A man must either deny or indulge himself. There is no middle or indifferent state—for the not denying is indulgence; it is throwing the reins on the neck of his lusts, though he may lack boldness to set the spur;

The life of Balance is difficult. It lies on the verge of continual temptation, its perpetual adjustments become fatiguing, its measured virtue is monotonous and uninspiring.

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

We are as liable to be corrupted by books as we are by companions.

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tepmts empty posturing.

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A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself.

Don't take candy from strangers unless you're willing to take a ride in the car.

Yesterday wants to pull me in, pull me down and starve me.

Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

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.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore!

I killed the wife when I first tasted sensual joys without love, and then it was that I killed my wife.

Reason is often the slave of sin; it strives to justify it.

Here it is. Let's say you're married, you love your wife, but you're attracted by another woman.' 'Excuse me, but I absolutely cannot understand how after eating my fill here I could go past a bakery and steal a roll.