490 Quotes About Temptation

Galadriel gives each of the companions a gift before they leave Lothlorien, but it may be that her greatest and most perilous gift was given upon their first meeting. Temptation, succesfully overcome, strengthens the will, but succumbing to temptation, even in thought, leads to evil

It’s easy to surrender to the temptations. It takes nothing in the beginning but it takes everything in the end. That’s how dangerous the temptations are.

Eso se llama tentación y es más poderosa que el sentido común, que el miedo, que todo lo que sabes que deberías hacer.

Diana could have spent the rest of her life content, with just those episodes, and those questions, to remind her of what she'd survived and what she'd done. She could have lived like Eve in the garden, ignoring the snake, avoiding the apple tree. And then, one day, the apple tree found her.

That was why they called it temptation—it never presented itself as something ugly, or tepid, or harmless; no, it came in the guise of glorious feelings and a sense of utter rightness, even when it was wrong. That was why one needed principles. Regrettable, that her grasp on them was so shaky when it counted.

I had run away from all this, but the devil still tempted that stupid little girl. She knew better than most what would come of that.

Don't allow distractions and temptations misguide you & satisfy you for a brief moment. Be strong & stay focused.

We are all stewards of heavenly treasures. Whether you are a leader like Ezra or a non-leader, you are a steward of your soul.

No Christian believing rightly in God should ever be off his guard. He should always be on the look-out for temptation, so that when it comes he will not be surprised or disturbed, but will gladly endure the toil and affliction it causes, and so will understand what he is saying when he chants with the prophet: 'Prove me, Lord, and try me' (Ps. 26:2. LXX). For the prophet did not say, 'Thy correction has destroyed me', but, 'it has upheld me to the end' (Ps. 18:35. LXX).