Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Temptation coaxes us toward sin, and sin leads to sickness and death, and ultimately confinement in the realm of the evil one.
Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.