“ Every stage of life has its own temptations and dangers, and Satan will do all he can to exploit them . . .the time to prepare is now, not when it arrives. Billy Graham
“ I know that many of the things I have said from the Scriptures have offended, and I have sometimes been tempted to tone down the message. But, God helping me, I never will! I would become a false prop… Billy Graham
“ Everyone has temptations but some folks entertain them . . .Get your eyes off the temptation and onto Christ! Billy Graham
“ We can’t flee from temptation in our own strength—but God will give us the strength we need, if we’ll only seek it. A friend of mine says, “When the devil knocks, I just send Jesus to the door! Billy Graham
“ When Jesus was tempted, He didn’t debate the devil. He quoted Scripture: “It is written . . . It is written . . . It is written” (Matthew 4:4–10 NKJV). And each time the devil was defeated. Billy Graham
“ God promises no easy life or days without troubles, trials, difficulties, and temptations. He never promises that life will be perfect. He does not call His children to a playground, but to a battlegr… Billy Graham
“ If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could? Sara Sheridan
“ When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he who is poor and humble of heart lives in a world of peace. An unmortified man is… Thomas a Kempis
“ My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its evil self by the sight of some delightful good in the present. Let it not… Thomas a Kempis
“ While waiting for Brenna to prepare the drink he did as directed and worked through their conversation. It would've gone faster had he not kept getting distracted by the sight of her moving with femin… Nalini Singh
“ The man who sins but wants to purify it is no more a sinner than the man who doesn't sin but wants to sin. Criss Jami
“ You see, I know you, Violet. You've tormented me in my dreams with your body too many times to count. Now you're here in the flesh, with your ripe curves and innocent eyes, an angel hidden in the body… Rose Wynters
“ The source of love, as I learned later, is a curiosity which, combined with the inclination which nature is obliged to give us in order to preserve itself. […] Hence women make no mistake in taking su… Giacomo Casanova
“ What lurking temptations to forbidden tenderness find their finding-places in a woman's dressing-gown, when she is alone in her room at night! Wilkie Collins
“ It happens very often that those whom men esteem highly are more seriously endangered by their own excessive confidence. Hence, for many it is better not to be too free from temptations, but often to… Thomas a Kempis
“ You must know everything that God has forbidden you so as to be able to avoid it, for the one who does not recognize evil falls into it. ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlawī al-Ḥaddād
“ The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and homes. Jesus and his disciples will be condemned on all sides for undermining f… Dietrich Bonhoeffer
