When a man resists sin on human motive only, he will not hold out long.
As lovers of truth, we want to be close to it. Sometimes - evil thought, evil temptation - we want to be close to it by misleading others about its presence.
The more pure and chaste is a soul, the more it hungers for this Bread [Jesus in the Eucharist], from which it derives strength to resist all temptations to sins of impurity, and by which it is more intimately united with the Divine Spouse; 'He who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood, abides in Me and I in him'
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
I'm highly aware that some impulses are harder to ignore than others. I'm aware that fear of consequences causes us to guard our secrets. But it's our actions when faced with temptation that define who we are. It's our courage in admitting what we've done wrong that makes us forgivable.
Man has always been dexterous at confusing evil with good. That was Adam's and Eve's problem, and it is our problem today. If evil were not made to appear attractive, there would be no such thing as temptation.
When the tempter me pursueth With the sins of all my youth, And half damns me with untruth, Sweet Spirit, comfort me!
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!
I think it takes a very generous and tolerant non-famous partner to stick with the famous person, especially if she wasn't famous when they first got together. And add to it the fact that the Web makes it extremely easy to meet admirers. . . well, there are a lot of temptations to be ignored, or else embraced.
It is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly believe that His almighty power is engaged for our defense and help in all of our straits and temptations.
Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.
The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems.
As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.
We are all afflicted by original sin; people succumbing to temptations to do and to be.
[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.
I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make me gloomy, stupid, unsociable, and useless.
If you don't want temptation to follow you, don't act as if you are interested.
Resist the temptation to compare yourself to others. This is crucial in order to be able to manifest whatever you want.
Temptations in the life of faith are not accidents; each temptation is part of a plan, a step in the progress of faith.
Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.